SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2017
Perceptions and Experiences with Flavored Non-Menthol Tobacco Products: A Systematic Review of Qualitative Studies.
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62 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 77 citations in OpenAlex.
- A systematic review investigating policy design and implementation of US state and local policy to restrict the sale of flavored tobacco products.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2026Pooled it
- The impacts of e-cigarette flavours: An overview of systematic reviews.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2025Pooled it
- Flavour capsule cigarette use and perceptions: a systematic review.Tobacco control · 2023Pooled it
- Commentary Paper on Cooling Flavors in Cigarette and Non-Cigarette Tobacco Products.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2026Article
- Restricting E-Cigarette Flavour Names to Reduce Youth Appeal: An Analysis of New Zealand's 2024 Regulations.Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals · 2026Article
- Coolants, organic acids, flavourings and other additives that facilitate inhalation of tobacco and nicotine products: implications for regulation.Tobacco control · 2026Review
- Awareness and perceived behaviour changes following the New York state vaping flavour ban, 2021-2022.Tobacco control · 2025Article
- Chemosensory tobacco product toxicology part 1: sensory mechanisms.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2025Review
- Effects of Nicotine-Free E-Cigarettes on Gastrointestinal System: A Systematic Review.Biomedicines · 2025Review
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- Flavored Tobacco Product Use Among California Adolescents Before and Immediately After a Statewide Flavor Ban.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2025Article
- Nicotine-induced changes in surface properties of restorative materials and dental enamel: An in vitro study on flavored e-cigarette exposure.Tobacco induced diseases · 2025Article
- Reasons for using electronic cigarettes among young adults aged 18 - 30: a systematic review.EXCLI journal · 2025Review
- Perceptions and use intentions of flavored versus unflavored tobacco products among young adults in Georgia: A cross-sectional study.Tobacco prevention & cessation · 2025Article
- Flavored electronic nicotine delivery system product use among adults in New York State post-statewide restriction implementation.Journal of public health policy · 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
- Neighborhood Inequities in Tobacco Product Descriptors, Washington, DC, 2018-2019.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2024Article
- First experience with nicotine products and transition to regular tobacco use: a secondary data analysis in 28 European countries.BMJ open · 2024Article
- Reasons for shisha smoking: Findings from a mixed methods study among adult shisha smokers in Nigeria.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- Flavours and flavourings in waterpipe products: a comparison between tobacco, herbal molasses and steam stones.Tobacco control · 2023Article
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Abstract
Although a few countries have banned flavored cigarettes (except menthol), flavors in most tobacco products remain unregulated across the globe. We conducted a systematic review of qualitative studies examining perceptions of and experiences with flavored non-menthol tobacco products. Of 20 studies on flavored tobacco products included in our qualitative systematic review, 10 examined hookah, six examined e-cigarettes, two examined little cigars and cigarillos (LCCs), and three examined other tobacco products, including cigarettes. The majority of studies, regardless of product type, reported positive perceptions of flavored tobacco products, particularly among young adults and adolescents. In six studies that assessed perceptions of harm (including hookah, LCCs, and other flavored tobacco products), participants believed flavored tobacco products to be less harmful than cigarettes. In studies that examined the role of flavors in experimentation and/or initiation (including three studies on e-cigarettes, one hookah study and one LCC study), participants mentioned flavors as specifically leading to their experimentation and/or initiation of flavored tobacco products. Given that many countries have not yet banned flavors in tobacco products, these findings add to existing research on why individuals use flavored tobacco products and how they perceive harm in flavored tobacco products, providing further support for banning non-menthol flavors in most tobacco products.
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