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Menthol Cigarette Use Among Adults Who Smoke Cigarettes, 2008-2020: Rapid Growth and Widening Inequities in the United States
Nicotine & tobacco research, v 25(4), pp 692-698
22 Mar 2023
PMID: 36223889
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Abstract
In April 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced its intention to issue a product standard banning menthol as a characterizing flavor in cigarettes. Given the potential relevance of national estimates of menthol use to pending legislation, this study estimated the prevalence of menthol use among U.S. adults who smoke cigarettes in 2020 and investigated changes in menthol use from 2008 to 2019 by sociodemographics, mental health, and substance use.
Nationally representative annual, cross-sectional data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, which included participants ages 18 years and older residing in the United States from 2008 to 2019 and the 2020. Data were analyzed using logistic and linear regression models to estimate trends in menthol use among adults who smoke cigarettes by sociodemographic, mental health and substance use variables (total analytic sample 2008-2019 n = 128 327).
In 2020, 43.4% of adults who smoked cigarettes in the past month used menthol. Menthol use was most common among black adults (80%) and over 50% of those Hispanic, female, young (ages 18-34 years), lesbian/gay, with serious psychological distress, and with cigar use used menthol. Menthol use increased among adults who used cigarettes from 2008 to 2019, overall, and grew more rapidly among adults ages 26-34 years, Hispanic, light cigarette use (1-5 per day), and those who smoked cigars.
Menthol use has increased among U.S. adults who smoke cigarettes over the past decade. Enacting menthol bans could have a widespread public health impact, especially among younger and minoritized groups.
Menthol cigarette use increased among individuals who smoke cigarettes from 2008 to 2019 in the United States. In 2020, over 40% of smokers used menthol, and menthol use was considerably higher among adult smokers from racial/ethnic minoritized groups, who were younger and who reported mental health problems. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration seeks to ban menthol as a characterizing flavor in cigarettes; our results suggest that such a ban is likely to have a wide-ranging impact on public health.
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- Title
- Menthol Cigarette Use Among Adults Who Smoke Cigarettes, 2008-2020: Rapid Growth and Widening Inequities in the United States
- Creators
- Renee D Goodwin - City University of New YorkOllie Ganz - Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyAndrea H Weinberger - Yeshiva UniversityPhilip H Smith - Miami UniversityKatarzyna Wyka - City University of New YorkCristine D Delnevo - Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
- Publication Details
- Nicotine & tobacco research, v 25(4), pp 692-698
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Grant note
- U54 CA229973 / NCI NIH HHS
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- A.J. Drexel Autism Institute
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000901653100001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85149753676
- Other Identifier
- 991022030931104721
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- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
- Substance Abuse