Evaluating the effect of switching to non-menthol cigarettes among current menthol smokers: an empirical study of a potential ban of characterising menthol flavour in cigarettes.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Menthol cigarette use remains a serious public health problem, prompting the consideration of tobacco regulatory efforts to ban menthol cigarettes. The current study uses a novel empirical design to model the potential effects of a ban of menthol cigarettes on smoking behaviour among current menthol smokers.

Methods

29 non-treatment-seeking adults who smoked menthol cigarettes were recruited in Connecticut in 2017-2018 (n=15 female; n=17 Black, n=10 White, n=5 Hispanic). Repeated-measures analyses examined within-person changes in smoking behaviour when participants were switched from smoking their usual brand menthol cigarettes to a matched-brand non-menthol cigarette for 2 weeks to model a potential ban of menthol cigarettes.

Results

Participants smoked

SUBMITTER: Bold KW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7259442 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature