Menthol Cigarettes and Smoking Cessation among Adult Smokers in the US

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ID15329924
AuthorsLiane M Schneller (0000-0002-9575-2672, Postdoctoral Fellow, Clinical and Translational Science Institute, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY., Email: [email protected], corresponding author), Maansi Bansal-Travers (0000-0002-7944-3570, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center), Martin C Mahoney (0000-0002-5069-1140, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center), Susan E McCann (0000-0002-2079-8705, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center), Richard J O’connor (0000-0003-0644-182X, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center)
Year2020
Volume44
Issue2
Pages252-256
Publication date2020-02-05
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Health Behavior (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1087-3244 • E-ISSN: 1945-7359
PublisherPNG Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.5993/ajhb.44.2.12
PMID32019657
OpenAlexW3004672148
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited5

Objectives: In this study, we identified differences in cessation, nicotine dependence, and quit attempts between smokers using non-menthol cigarettes and smokers using menthol cigarettes differing in menthol delivery method (eg, menthol in the tobacco only, crushable capsules only or both). Methods: We analyzed data from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study, Waves 1 and 2 (W1 and W2), to determine associations of delivery method of menthol with cessation, nicotine dependence, and quit attempts among current adult cigarette smokers. Results: Nearly 40% of US smokers reported using a mentholated cigarette product with most using a product mentholated in the tobacco only. Smokers included in this analysis had a moderate to low heaviness of smoking index score. The lowest average score was among those using products mentholated in a filter capsule only (1.3, SE = .10), and the highest among those using non-mentholated products (2.4, SE = .03). About 12% of smokers quit between W1 and W2. Cessation, nicotine dependence, and quit attempts at W2 were not associated with delivery method of menthol at W1. Conclusions: Method of menthol delivery did not impact cessation, nicotine dependence, and quit attempts

Alternative medicine · Environmental health · Menthol · Nicotine · Nicotine dependence · Nicotine gum · Population · Smoking cessation · Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects · Demography · Medicine · Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study · Smoking Behavior and Cessation · Internal Medicine

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