ArticleNicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco2014
Switching between menthol and nonmenthol cigarettes: findings from the U.S. Cohort of the International Tobacco Control Four Country Survey.
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- 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
- Effects of Switching to the Tobacco Heating System 2.2 Menthol, Smoking Abstinence, or Continued Cigarette Smoking on Biomarkers of Exposure: A Randomized, Controlled, Open-Label, Multicenter Study in Sequential Confinement and Ambulatory Settings (Part 1).Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2018Trial
- Reduced Exposure to Harmful and Potentially Harmful Smoke Constituents With the Tobacco Heating System 2.1.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2017Trial
- Impact of prepregnancy menthol cigarette use on smoking cessation across pregnancy and postpartum: a longitudinal analysis of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2026Article
- The Relative Reinforcing Value of Menthol Among Young Adult Cigarette Smokers: Results From a Behavioral Choice Task.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2025Article
- Profile of menthol cigarette smokers in the months following the removal of these products from the market: a cross-sectional population survey in England.Tobacco control · 2023Article
- Exclusive and dual menthol/non-menthol cigarette use with ENDS among adults, 2013-2019.Preventive medicine reports · 2021Article
- Menthol and Mint Cigarettes and Cigars: Initiation and Progression in Youth, Young Adults and Adults in Waves 1-4 of the PATH Study, 2013-2017.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2021Article
- A Longitudinal Examination of Behavioral Transitions among Young Adult Menthol and Non-Menthol Cigarette Smokers Using a Three-State Markov Model.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2021Article
- Health Care Utilization of Menthol and Non-menthol Cigarette Smokers.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2021Article
- Menthol blunts the interoceptive discriminative stimulus effects of nicotine in female but not male rats.Psychopharmacology · 2020Article
- Flavour types used by youth and adult tobacco users in wave 2 of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study 2014-2015.Tobacco control · 2020Article
- In Their Own Words: Young Adults' Menthol Cigarette Initiation, Perceptions, Experiences and Regulation Perspectives.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2018Article
- Menthol cigarette smoking among individuals in treatment for substance use disorders.Addictive behaviors · 2018Article
- Dependence, plans to quit, quitting self-efficacy and past cessation behaviours among menthol and other flavoured cigarette users in Europe: The EUREST-PLUS ITC Europe Surveys.Tobacco induced diseases · 2018Article
- Gender and Menthol Cigarette Use in the United States: A Systematic Review of the Recent Literature (2011 - May 2017).Current addiction reports · 2017Article
- The Association of Menthol Cigarette Use With Quit Attempts, Successful Cessation, and Intention to Quit Across Racial/Ethnic Groups in the United States.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2017Article
- Effects of nicotine versus placebo e-cigarette use on symptom relief during initial tobacco abstinence.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2017Article
- Influence of the Flavored Cigarette Ban on Adolescent Tobacco Use.American journal of preventive medicine · 2017Article
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Abstract
introductionThis article examines trends in switching between menthol and nonmenthol cigarettes, smoker characteristics associated with switching, and associations among switching, indicators of nicotine dependence, and quitting activity.
methodsParticipants were 5,932 U.S. adult smokers who were interviewed annually as part of the International Tobacco Control Four Country Survey between 2002 and 2011. Generalized estimating equations (GEEs) were used to examine the prevalence of menthol cigarette use and switching between menthol and nonmenthol cigarettes (among 3,118 smokers who participated in at least 2 consecutive surveys). We also evaluated characteristics associated with menthol cigarette use and associations among switching, indicators of nicotine dependence, and quitting activity using GEEs.
resultsAcross the entire study period, 27% of smokers smoked menthol cigarettes; prevalence was highest among Blacks (79%), young adults (36%), and females (30%). Prevalence of switching between menthol and nonmenthol cigarettes was low (3% switched to menthol and 8% switched to nonmenthol), and switchers tended to revert back to their previous type. Switching types was not associated with indicators of nicotine dependence or quit attempts. However, those who switched cigarette brands within cigarette types were more likely to attempt to quit smoking.
conclusionsWhile overall switching rates were low, the percentage who switched from menthol to nonmenthol was significantly higher than the percentage who switched from nonmenthol to menthol. An asymmetry was seen in patterns of switching such that reverting back to menthol was more common than reverting back to nonmenthol, particularly among Black smokers.
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