Recent, national trends in US adolescent use of menthol and non-menthol cigarettes.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

In light of the current U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposal to ban menthol cigarettes, this study updates trends in menthol cigarette use among adolescents age 13-18 years up to the year 2020. The study considers a potential role for the ban to reduce black/non-black disparities in menthol cigarette use, as well as a counterargument that a ban is not necessary because menthol use is already diminishing.

Methods

Data are from annual, cross-sectional, nationally representative Monitoring the Future (MTF) surveys of 85 547 8th, 10th and 12th grade students surveyed between 2012 and 2020. Analyses include trends in past 30-day menthol and non-menthol cigarette smoking among the total adolescent population, as well as stratified by race/ethnicity.

Result

SUBMITTER: Miech RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9156721 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature