Longitudinal Response to Restrictions on Menthol Cigarettes Among Young Adult US Menthol Smokers, 2011-2016.

ABSTRACT: Objectives. To examine responses to hypothetical restrictions on menthol cigarettes among young adult menthol smokers in the United States.Methods. We surveyed Truth Initiative Young Adult Cohort respondents 18 to 34 years of age every 6 months from December 2011 through October 2016. Menthol cigarette smokers (n = 806, n = 1963 observations) indicated their response if menthol cigarettes were unavailable. Weighted analyses accounting for repeated measures were used to estimate the prevalence and correlates of responses and trends over time.Results. Overall, 23.5% of young adult menthol smokers said they would quit if menthol cigarettes were unavailable, with this response largely unchanged between 2011 and 2016. There was a significant increase in the switch to anothe

SUBMITTER: Rose SW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6726504 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature