Comprehensive E-Cigarette Flavor Bans and Tobacco Use Among Youth and Adults.

ABSTRACT: The vast majority of youth e-cigarette users consume flavored e-cigarettes, raising concerns from public health advocates that flavors may drive youth initiation and continued use of e-cigarettes. Flavors drew further notice from the public health community following the sudden outbreak of lung injury among vapers in 2019, prompting several states to enact sweeping bans on flavored e-cigarettes. In this study, we examine the effects of these comprehensive bans on e-cigarette use and potential spillovers into other tobacco use by youth, young adults, and adults. We utilize both standard difference-in-differences (DID) and synthetic DID methods, in conjunction with four national data sets. We find evidence that young adults decrease their use of e-cigarettes by about two to three percentage

SUBMITTER: Saffer H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12645907 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature