ArticleTobacco control2014
Menthol use among smokers with psychological distress: findings from the 2008 and 2009 National Survey on Drug Use and Health.
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 34 citations in OpenAlex.
- Menthol cigarettes and the public health standard: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2017Pooled it
- Evaluating the effect of switching to non-menthol cigarettes among current menthol smokers: an empirical study of a potential ban of characterising menthol flavour in cigarettes.Tobacco control · 2020Trial
- 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
- Modeling cigarette smoking disparities between people with and without serious psychological distress in the US, 1997-2100.Preventive medicine · 2023Article
- "I think it's a good idea for the people that's young, the kids, but for someone like me it's a bad idea." - Interviews about a U.S. menthol cigarette ban with people who smoke menthol cigarettes.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2022Article
- Association of psychological distress and current cigarette smoking among Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander adults and compared to adults from other racial/ethnic groups: Data from the National Health Interview Survey, 2014.Preventive medicine reports · 2022Article
- Internalizing problems are associated with initiation and past 30-Day use of flavored tobacco products.Addictive behaviors · 2022Article
- Association of Sources of Worry and Stress with Smoking in Japan: Findings from the Comprehensive Survey of Living Conditions 2010.Juntendo Iji zasshi = Juntendo medical journal · 2022Article
- 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
- Psychosocial characteristics of smoking patterns among young adult Samoans and Tongans in California.Addictive behaviors reports · 2019Article
- Menthol cigarette use in young adult smokers with severe mental illnesses.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2019Article
- Differences in tobacco use prevalence, behaviors, and cessation services by race/ethnicity: A survey of persons in addiction treatment.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2018Article
- Food choices and distress in reservation-based American Indians and Alaska Natives with type 2 diabetes.Public health nutrition · 2018Article
- Gender and Menthol Cigarette Use in the United States: A Systematic Review of the Recent Literature (2011 - May 2017).Current addiction reports · 2017Article
- Smoking, Mental Illness, and Public Health.Annual review of public health · 2017Review
- Determining non-cigarette tobacco, alcohol, and substance use typologies across menthol and non-menthol smokers using latent class analysis.Tobacco induced diseases · 2017Article
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- Menthol tobacco use is correlated with mental health symptoms in a national sample of young adults: implications for future health risks and policy recommendations.Tobacco induced diseases · 2016Article
- Predictors, indicators, and validated measures of dependence in menthol smokers.Journal of addictive diseases · 2014Review
- Racial/ethnic differences in the association between menthol cigarette use and mental illness among adults who smoke in the United States.Journal of ethnicity in substance abuseArticle
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Abstract
objectiveThe Food and Drug Administration is considering regulation of menthol cigarettes. While persons with mental distress are known to smoke cigarettes at high rates, little is known about their use of menthol. The authors examined the association of psychological distress and menthol use in a national sample of adult smokers.
methodsData were from the 2008 and 2009 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Past month smokers (N=24,157) were categorised for menthol or non-menthol use. Psychological distress was categorised as none/mild, moderate or severe on the Kessler six-item scale.
resultsThe prevalence of menthol use was higher among individuals with severe psychological distress, women, young adults, African-Americans, Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders, persons with fewer years of education and lower income, and the unmarried and uninsured. In a multivariate model controlling for socio-demographic factors, smoking intensity and time to first cigarette, smokers with severe (adjusted OR (AOR) 1.23, 95% CI 1.04 to 1.46, p=0.02) but not moderate (AOR 1.03, 95% CI 0.92 to 1.15, p=0.58) psychological distress were significantly more likely to smoke menthols compared with smokers with none/mild distress.
conclusionAn elevated prevalence of menthol use was found among persons with severe psychological distress, suggesting another group that could potentially benefit from the regulation of menthol cigarettes.
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