The impact of a comprehensive tobacco product flavor ban in San Francisco among young adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Flavors play an important role in the initiation and use of tobacco products. The FDA, states, and cities have been implementing or considering banning flavored e-cigarettes or any flavored tobacco products. This study empirically assessed the impact of one of the first comprehensive bans of all flavored tobacco products other than tobacco-flavored e-cigarettes among young adults in San Francisco, California.

Methods

Using Amazon Mechanical Turk, a sample of San Francisco residents aged 18-34 who previously used tobacco products (N = 247) were surveyed about their tobacco use both before and after the ban. Descriptive statistics and regression models were applied.

Results

The prevalence of overall flavored tobacco use decreased from 81% and 85% to 69% and 76

SUBMITTER: Yang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7186365 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature