| What would menthol smokers do if menthol in cigarettes were banned? Behavioral intentions and simulated demand. | |
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PMID: 22471735 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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AIMS: The US Food and Drug Administration must consider whether to ban the use of menthol in cigarettes. This study examines how current smokers might respond to such a ban on menthol cigarettes. DESIGN: Convenience sample of adolescent and adult smokers recruited from an online survey panel. SETTING: United States, 2010. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 471 adolescent and adult current cigarette smokers. MEASUREMENTS: Respondents were asked a series of questions about how they might react if menthol cigarettes were banned. In addition, participants completed a simulation purchase task to estimate the demand for menthol and non-menthol cigarettes across a range of prices. FINDINGS: Overall, 36.1% of respondents said they always (18.9%) or usually (17.2%) smoked menthol cigarettes. When asked how they might respond to a ban on menthol cigarettes, 35% of current menthol smokers said they would stop smoking, and 25% said they would 'find a way to buy a menthol brand'. Those who reported they might quit tended to have greater current intentions to quit [odds ratio (OR) = 4.47], while those who reported that they might seek illicit menthol cigarettes were far less likely to report current intentions to quit (OR = 0.06). Estimates for demand elasticity for preferred cigarette type were similar for menthol (α = 0.0051) and non-menthol (α = 0.0049) smokers. Demand elasticity and peak consumption were related to usual cigarette type and cigarettes smoked per day, but did not appear to differ by race, gender or age. CONCLUSIONS: Preliminary evidence suggests that a significant minority of smokers of menthol cigarettes in the United States would try to stop smoking altogether if such cigarettes were banned. |
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Authors:
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Richard J O'Connor; Maansi Bansal-Travers; Lawrence P Carter; K Michael Cummings |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural Date: 2012-04-04 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Addiction (Abingdon, England) Volume: 107 ISSN: 1360-0443 ISO Abbreviation: Addiction Publication Date: 2012 Jul |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2012-06-07 Completed Date: 2012-08-27 Revised Date: 2013-04-16 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9304118 Medline TA: Addiction Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1330-8 Citation Subset: IM |
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© 2012 The Authors, Addiction © 2012 Society for the Study of Addiction. |
Affiliation:
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Department of Health Behavior, Division of Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Elm and Carlton Streets, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA. richard.oconnor@roswellpark.org |
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Descriptor/Qualifier:
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Adolescent Adult Aged Commerce Economics, Behavioral Female Humans Intention* Male Menthol* Middle Aged Multivariate Analysis Smoking / economics, legislation & jurisprudence*, psychology Smoking Cessation / psychology United States Young Adult |
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ID/Acronym/Agency:
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P50CA111236/CA/NCI NIH HHS; R01 CA141609/CA/NCI NIH HHS |
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Reg. No./Substance:
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1490-04-6/Menthol |
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Addiction. 2012 Jul;107(7):1339-40
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