ArticleTobacco regulatory science2016
Little Cigars and Cigarillos: Users, Perceptions, and Reasons for Use.
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51 citing papers in PubMed.
- Perceptions of Game cigarillo packaging among young adult tobacco users: The effect of package color and the "natural leaf" descriptor.Addictive behaviors · 2022Trial
- Patterns in US Cigar Sales and Prices from 2021 to 2025: An Examination of Pack Size, Flavor, "Natural" Descriptors, and Brand.Research square · 2026Article
- Investigating the substitutability of little cigars/cigarillos, e-cigarettes, and other noncombusted tobacco products for cigarettes using the experimental tobacco marketplace.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2025Article
- Effect of sweet flavouring on the rewarding and reinforcing value of cigarillo use among young adults.Tobacco control · 2025Article
- Racial and ethnic variation in perceived relative harm of tobacco and nicotine products: an experimental study.BMJ public health · 2025Article
- Predictors of Cigar, Cigarillo, and Little Cigar Initiation Among Hip Hop-Identifying Youth.Substance use & misuse · 2025Article
- Analysis of cigar marketing expenditures by product category, placement strategy and geolocation in the USA, from 2017 to 2022.Tobacco control · 2024Article
- What Is (Un)Flavored? A Scoping Review of the Conceptualization of Flavored Cigarillos.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2024Article
- Reactions to Messages About a Nicotine Reduction Policy: A Focus Group Study Among People Who Use Little Cigars and Cigarillos.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2024Article
- Factors Associated with Use of Cigars, Little Cigars, Cigarillos, and Blunts among Hip Hop Youth in the United States.American journal of health behavior · 2023Article
- "I Crave a Blunt, I Don't Crave a Cigarillo": A Focus Group Study on Perceptions of Nicotine and Addiction among US Adults Who Currently Smoke Little Cigars or Cigarillos.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Symptoms of tobacco dependence among middle and high school tobacco users - Data from the 2019-2020 National Youth Tobacco Survey.Addictive behaviors · 2023Article
- Reasons for Use of Electronic Cigarettes, Cigars, and Hookah in Pregnant Women in Rhode Island: A Preliminary Study.Rhode Island medical journal (2013) · 2023Article
- Circumventing cigarette regulation: Product characteristics of cigarette-like cigarillos on the Dutch market.Tobacco induced diseases · 2023Article
- Using an experimental tobacco marketplace to pilot test the substitutability of JUUL e-cigarettes and other alternative nicotine and tobacco products for conventional cigarettes among vulnerable populations.Preventive medicine · 2022Article
- Substitution of flavored cigarillos with menthol cigarettes among young adults in the U.S.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2022Article
- Dissonance in Young Adult Cigarillo Users' Categorization of Concept Flavored and Unflavored Products.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- "I got a little addiction": Adolescent and young adult cigarillo users' self-perceptions of addiction.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2022Article
- Impact of Little Cigars and Cigarillos Packaging Features on Product Preference.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Racial/Ethnic Differences in Associations of Non-cigarette Tobacco Product Use With Subsequent Initiation of Cigarettes in US Youths.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis study examines little cigar and cigarillo (LCC) adult user characteristics, perceived addictiveness, use and importance of flavors, intentions to continue use, and reasons for use to inform prevention efforts and regulatory policy.
methodsData come from the 2014 Tobacco Products and Risk Perceptions Survey of a national probability sample of 5717 US adults, conducted online, June-November, 2014. The analytic sample consisted of 141 current LCC users.
resultsCurrent LCC smokers were more likely to be male, younger, black or Hispanic, lower SES, current cigarette smokers, and to report poorer health than non-smokers. Perceived addictiveness was low overall, with 73.6% considering themselves "not at all" addicted, although female LCC users and dual users of cigarettes were more likely to consider themselves addicted to LCCs. Use of flavored LCCs was widespread. Flavors were cited as important reasons for use, especially among younger users, as were favorable comparisons with affordability and burn time of cigarettes.
conclusionsMost LCC users do not perceive themselves addicted to LCCs. Users report being influenced most by flavorings and affordability, indicating that appropriate regulations and education to improve health perceptions could help reduce use of these harmful products.
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