Influence of the Flavored Cigarette Ban on Adolescent Tobacco Use

Introduction This paper estimated the association between the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s 2009 ban on flavored cigarettes (which did not apply to menthol cigarettes or tobacco products besides cigarettes) and adolescents’ tobacco use. Methods Regression modeling was used to evaluate tobacco...

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Published in:American journal of preventive medicine 2017-05, Vol.52 (5), p.e139-e146
Main Authors: Courtemanche, Charles J., PhD, Palmer, Makayla K., MA, Pesko, Michael F., PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescent Behavior
Cross-Sectional Studies
Databases, Factual
Female
Flavoring Agents
Humans
Incidence
Internal Medicine
Logistic Models
Male
Risk Assessment
Smoking - adverse effects
Smoking - legislation & jurisprudence
Smoking Cessation - legislation & jurisprudence
Students - psychology
Tobacco Products - adverse effects
Tobacco Products - legislation & jurisprudence
Tobacco, Smokeless - legislation & jurisprudence
United States
United States Food and Drug Administration
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Summary:Introduction This paper estimated the association between the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s 2009 ban on flavored cigarettes (which did not apply to menthol cigarettes or tobacco products besides cigarettes) and adolescents’ tobacco use. Methods Regression modeling was used to evaluate tobacco use before and after the ban. The analyses controlled for a quadratic time trend, demographic variables, prices of cigarettes and other tobacco products, and teenage unemployment rate. Data from the 1999–2013 National Youth Tobacco Surveys were collected and analyzed in 2016. The sample included 197,834 middle and high schoolers. Outcomes were past 30–day cigarette use; cigarettes smoked in the past 30 days among smokers; rate of menthol cigarette use among smokers; and past 30–day use of cigars, smokeless tobacco, pipes, any tobacco products besides cigarettes, and any tobacco products including cigarettes. Results Banning flavored cigarettes was associated with reductions in the probability of being a cigarette smoker (17%, p
ISSN:0749-3797
1873-2607
DOI:10.1016/j.amepre.2016.11.019