State E-Cigarette Flavor Restrictions and Tobacco Product Use in Youths and Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Seven states have policies restricting the sale of flavored e-cigarettes. Limited evidence exists regarding these policies' association with the use of tobacco products across age groups.

Objective

To evaluate associations of e-cigarette flavor restriction policies with e-cigarette and cigarette use by age group over multiple years.

Design, setting, and participants

In this cross-sectional study, annual state-level prevalences of e-cigarette and cigarette use in the US between 2015 and 2023 were separately estimated among youths (high school age) using data from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) and young adults (ages 18-24 years) and adults (ages ≥25 years) using the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). Six policy states had multiple yea

SUBMITTER: Cheng D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12311715 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature