ArticleTobacco induced diseases2011
Epidemiology of menthol cigarette use in the United States.
Article in Tobacco induced diseases, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 58 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
58 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Assessing the evidence on the differential impact of menthol versus non-menthol cigarette use on smoking cessation in the U.S. population: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2021Pooled it
- Menthol cigarettes and the public health standard: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2017Pooled it
- Impact of non-menthol flavours in tobacco products on perceptions and use among youth, young adults and adults: a systematic review.Tobacco control · 2017Pooled it
- Smoking Behavior and Exposure: Results of a Menthol Cigarette Cross-over Study.American journal of health behavior · 2017Trial
- Correlates and prevalence of menthol cigarette use among adults with serious mental illness.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2015Trial
- The U.S. Federal Menthol Ban: a Critical Step Toward Health Equity for African Americans.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- Declining cigarette sales and shifts in the US cigarette marketplace from 2016 to 2024: Analysis of market scanner sales data in US convenience stores.Preventive medicine reports · 2026Article
- Likely Response to a Hypothetical Menthol Cigarette Ban Among Adults with Mood Disorders Who Smoke Menthol Cigarettes and Have No Current Plans to Quit Smoking.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Tobacco Use, Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems, and Vulnerable Populations: Current Landscape and Opportunities for Improvement.JACC. Advances · 2024Review
- The Scientific Basis for the Regulation of Flavors in Tobacco Products.Annual review of clinical psychology · 2024Review
- Sociodemographic and Temporal Differences in Menthol Cigarette Use Among US Adults Who Smoke, 1999-2018.Preventing chronic disease · 2024Article
- Flavored Cannabis Use and Cannabis-Tobacco Co-use: Patterns In U.S. States With Legalized Nonmedical Adult Use.American journal of preventive medicine · 2023Article
- The Reversion of the Epigenetic Signature of Coronary Heart Disease in Response to Smoking Cessation.Genes · 2023Article
- Using Cg05575921 methylation to predict lung cancer risk: a potentially bias-free precision epigenetics approach.Epigenetics · 2022Article
- Evaluating the Outcomes of the Menthol Cigarette Ban in England by Comparing Menthol Cigarette Smoking Among Youth in England, Canada, and the US, 2018-2020.JAMA network open · 2022Article
- Sociodemographic Patterns of Exclusive and Dual Use of ENDS and Menthol/Non-Menthol Cigarettes among US Youth (Ages 15-17) Using Two Nationally Representative Surveys (2013-2017).International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- High Rates of Menthol Cigarette Use Among Pregnant Smokers: Preliminary Findings and Call for Future Research.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2020Article
- Trends and Associations of Menthol Cigarette Smoking Among US Middle and High School Students-National Youth Tobacco Survey, 2011-2018.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2020Article
- Differential effects of nicotine delivery rate on subjective drug effects, urges to smoke, heart rate and blood pressure in tobacco smokers.Psychopharmacology · 2020Article
- Effects of Very Low Nicotine Content Cigarettes on Smoking Behavior and Biomarkers of Exposure in Menthol and Non-menthol Smokers.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundApproximately one-fourth of all cigarettes sold in the United States have the descriptor "menthol" on the cigarette pack. It is important to determine what socio-demographic factors are associated with smoking menthol cigarettes if indeed these types of cigarettes are related to smoking initiation, higher exposure to smoke constituents, nicotine dependence, or reduced smoking cessation.
methodsThe National Cancer Institute (NCI) conducted a review of the scientific literature on this topic which we completed by adding more recently published articles via PubMed. We also conducted further data analyses using the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, the National Youth Tobacco Survey, the Monitoring the Future Survey, and the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey to provide up-to-date information on this topic.
resultsMenthol cigarettes are disproportionately smoked by adolescents, blacks/African Americans, adult females, those living in the Northeast of the United States and those with family incomes lower than $50,000. Based on self-reports of menthol cigarette use, menthol cigarette use among smokers have increased from 2004 to 2008. However, no increase was observed during these years for predominantly menthol brands like Newport™, Kool,™ and Salem™, however, this lack of significant trend may be due, at least in part, due to smaller numbers of smokers of specific brands or sub-brands, which provide estimates which are less precise.
conclusionMenthol cigarettes are disproportionately smoked by groups of U.S. cigarette smokers. It is likely that other disparities in menthol cigarette use exist that we have not covered or have not been studied yet.
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