I used to hate menthol cigarettes. If I were broke and out of cigs I'd go without before bumming a menthol from one of my friends...but,
The Halo newpure is nice, I liked it from the first try and it's growing on me.
Yeah the only times I used menthols when I was smoking was anytime I got sick with a sore throat to the point of almost not being able to breathe. I would buy a pack of Newports to use then but other than that menthol was always to "candyish" to me and made me crave a real smoke.
Tried a couple menthols with e-cigs and they are okay but still not my thing. I'm sure I'll give the Newpure a try at some point.