Menthol popularity is a mostly a money thing.
Marlboros taste great but cost a lot.
Cheapos taste like shit but you can buy like 2.5 packs of them for every Marlboro pack.
And nothing makes cigs taste way less shitty than Menthol.
Did you get the special freight train edition?
That's true.
If you don't mind the cost and have gotten used to menthols you go upscale.
Just saying there's a large cheapo smokes crowd out there that does the menthol route just to mask the shit taste.
It is in my hood.
Niggas have been bitching about it at the discount store where I buy my $4.99 wines that taste as good as the $10+ stuff at the grocery store.
Why bother when you can buy a cheapo pack for $3 regular or menthol?