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A longitudinal study of menthol cigarette use and smoking cessation among adult smokers in the US: Assessing the roles of racial disparities and E-cigarette use
Prev Med (2022)
  • Steven Cook
  • Jana Hirschtick, Advocate Aurora Health
  • Akash Patel
  • Andrew Brouwer
  • Jihyoun Jeon
  • David T Levy
  • Rafael Meza
  • Nancy L. Fleischer
Abstract
Using nationally representative longitudinal data from Wave 1 to Wave 4 of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study in the United States, we examined whether the association between menthol cigarette use and smoking cessation was modified by race/ethnicity and e-cigarette use. Multivariable discrete-time survival models were fit to an unbalanced person-period data set (person n = 7423, risk period n = 18,897) for adult respondents (ages 25+) who were current established cigarette smokers at baseline. We found that adults who smoke menthol cigarettes had lower odds of smoking cessation, but the effect was modified by race/ethnicity as non-Hispanic (NH) Black menthol smokers had lower odds of quitting smoking than NH White or Hispanic menthol smokers. We also found that e-cigarette use was associated with higher odds of smoking cessation among both menthol and non-menthol smokers, but the association was stronger among menthol smokers. Our results suggest that a menthol smoking ban may have a favorable impact on smoking cessation for NH Black adults. In addition, our results also suggest that a menthol smoking ban may be more effective if menthol smokers have access to e-cigarettes as a way to quit cigarette use.
Keywords
  • Cessation,
  • Disparities,
  • E-cigarettes,
  • Menthol
Publication Date
January, 2022
DOI
10.1016/j.ypmed.2021.106882
Citation Information
Cook S, Hirschtick JL, Patel A, et al. A longitudinal study of menthol cigarette use and smoking cessation among adult smokers in the US: Assessing the roles of racial disparities and E-cigarette use. Prev Med. 2022;154:106882. doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2021.106882