Preventing Chronic Disease Collection: From Data to Action: National, State, and Local Efforts to End Menthol and Other Flavored Commercial Tobacco Product Use

• Published in: Preventing chronic disease 2024-05, Vol.21, p.E39, Article 240143
• Main Authors: Marshall, LaTisha L, Norman, Leslie, Rose, Shyanika W, Tseng, Tung-Sung
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Capacity development; Chronic Disease - prevention & control; Chronic illnesses; Cigarettes; Community; Community involvement; Curricula; Disease prevention; Flavoring Agents; Health disparities; Hispanic Americans; Humans; Marketing; Menthol; Minors; Passive smoking; Public health; Secondary school students; Smoking; Social networks; Surveillance; Tobacco; Tobacco Products - legislation & jurisprudence; Tobacco smoke; Trends; United States; Young adults
• ISSN: 1545-1151; 1545-1151
• DOI: 10.5888/pcd21.240143

The first article, by Marshall and colleagues (9), describes the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) National and State Tobacco Control Program (NTCP) and its role in reducing chronic disease illness, death, and disability related to commercial tobacco use and dependence and secondhand smoke exposure in the US. The NTCP supports evidence-based policy, systems, and environmental strategies (PSEs) as outlined in CDC’s Best Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs (10) to address its 4 goals: 1) prevent initiation of commercial tobacco product use (including emerging products and e-cigarettes) among youth and young adults, 2) promote quitting among adults and youth, 3) eliminate exposure to secondhand smoke, and 4) identify and eliminate tobacco-related disparities among population groups. Advance health equity by identifying and eliminating commercial tobacco product–related inequities and disparities.) NTCP disseminates the best available evidence for interventions that work to achieve its 4 goals, facilitates strategic partnerships and community engagement, and leverages internal and external resources important in addressing menthol and other flavored tobacco product use. Caldwell and colleagues (21) described the Community Capacity Building Curriculum developed by the Center for Black Health & Equity, as theory-based, practical, and strategic guidance for community coalitions and advocacy groups to build community mobilization and menthol and flavor policy adoption in Black communities and other communities of color.