Ban on menthol-flavoured tobacco products predicts cigarette cessation at 1 year: a population cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The province of Ontario, Canada, banned the use of menthol-flavoured tobacco products as of 1 January 2017. The long-term impact of a menthol ban on smoking behaviour has not been previously evaluated.

Methods

Population cohort study with baseline survey conducted September-December 2016 and follow-up January-August 2018 among residents of Ontario, Canada, 16 years old and over who reported current smoking (past 30 days) at baseline survey and completed follow-up (n=913) including 187 reporting smoking menthol cigarettes daily, 420 reported smoking menthol cigarettes occasionally, and 306 were non-menthol cigarette smokers. Relative rates of making a quit attempt and being a non-smoker at follow-up were estimated with Poisson regression controlling for smoking and

SUBMITTER: Chaiton MO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6884656 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature