Behavioural intentions in response to a potential menthol cigarette sales ban: a survey examining smokers in Washington, DC public housing.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Local, national and international policies are being proposed to ban the sale of menthol-flavoured tobacco products. With more bans being implemented, it is increasingly important to understand reactions to these bans among smokers of low socioeconomic status. This study examined public housing residents' behavioural intentions if menthol-flavoured cigarettes were no longer sold.

Setting

15 District of Columbia Housing Authority properties between March 2019 and March 2021.

Participants

221 District of Columbia Housing Authority residents ages 18-80 years who reported smoking menthol cigarettes (83.3% African-American/black).

Primary and secondary outcomes

Cigarette quitting and switching intentions due to a hypothetical menthol-flavoured cigarette s

SUBMITTER: Dearfield CT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9280868 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature