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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HEALTH BEHAVIOR
Volume 44, Issue 2, Pages 252-256Publisher
PNG PUBLICATIONS
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.44.2.12
Keywords
menthol cigarettes; nicotine dependence; smoking cessation; Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study
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- NCI NIH HHS [P30 CA016056, P30 CA016058] Funding Source: Medline
- NIDA NIH HHS [HHSN271201100027C] Funding Source: Medline
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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.
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