Health, Equity, and Economic Impacts of a Nicotine Product Standard in the United States for People With and Without Major Depression.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The U.S. FDA has proposed a product standard that would reduce the nicotine content and addictiveness of cigarettes. It is unclear what impact this would have on economic outcomes or priority populations who are disproportionately harmed by tobacco use, such as people with major depression.

Objective

To evaluate the long-term health and economic impacts of a nicotine product standard for the U.S. population by depression status.

Design setting and participants

A microsimulation model was developed and calibrated to National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) 2005-2023 data on smoking, vaping, and depressive episodes. The anticipated effects of the nicotine product standard on smoking and vaping were obtained from an FDA expert elicitation and used to sim

SUBMITTER: Skolnick S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12265792 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature