Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Tobacco Products continues to consider the future of menthol, Smith said, "FDA has expressed its intent to base its tobacco regulations on sound science, and with thought given to the fact that millions of adult smokers are interested in menthol cigarettes." He added, "We believe that based on the published literature, there is no scientific basis to treat menthol cigarettes differently than regular cigarettes
Still, that was a later consequence
However, X-Files writer/executive producer Frank Spotnitz has stated in interviews this episode is only a possible origin for the Smoking Man
Most people notice that their sense of taste and smell returns at the two-day mark
More relevant to the acculturation framework, these religious and cultural norms contribute to a broader normative environment of gendered respectability expectations, family surveillance, and anticipated stigma that shape how female tobacco use is practiced and concealed