Flavored E-Cigarette Sales Restrictions and Young Adult Tobacco Use.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

More than one-quarter of US residents live in states or localities that restrict sales of flavored electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), often as a means to reduce youth vaping. Yet, how these policies affect young adult vaping and smoking remains unclear.

Objective

To estimate the effects of ENDS flavor restrictions on ENDS use and cigarette smoking among young adults (age 18-29 years) in the US.

Design, participants, and setting

This quasi-experimental analysis used annual survey data from the 2016 to 2023 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), a series of nationally- and state-representative, repeated cross-sectional surveys of noninstitutionalized civilian adults in the US. Two-way fixed-effects specifications were estimated to asses

SUBMITTER: Friedman AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11681375 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature