ArticleThe Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine2019
How Menthol Is Key to the Tobacco Industry's Strategy of Recruiting and Retaining Young Smokers in Singapore.
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- A Systematic Review of Tobacco Industry Tactics in Southeast Asia: Lessons for Other Low- And MiddleIncome Regions.International journal of health policy and management · 2021Pooled it
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- Shared perceptions of flavored cigarette pack design among young adults who smoke in Mexico and the Philippines.Tobacco induced diseases · 2023Article
- Uncovering cloves: characterization of volatile compounds present in clove cigarettes.Toxicology research · 2022Article
- Prevalence of Menthol and Menthol Capsule Cigarette Use Among 11-16 Year Olds in Wales Prior to a Ban on Characterizing Flavors in Cigarettes: Findings From the 2019 Student Health and Wellbeing Survey.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2022Article
- Evaluating the public health impact of partial and full tobacco flavour bans: A simulation study.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2022Article
- Global market trends of flavor capsule cigarettes and menthol (non-capsule) cigarettes: An ecological analysis using commercial data across 78 countries, 2010-2020.Tobacco induced diseases · 2022Article
- The tobacco endgame-eradicating a worsening epidemic.European heart journal · 2021Article
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- Cross-sectional survey of flavored cigarette use among adult smokers in Singapore.Tobacco induced diseases · 2021Article
- Evaluating smoking control policies in the e-cigarette era: a modelling study.Tobacco control · 2020Article
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Abstract
introductionSingapore has a strong and well-established tobacco control policy, but smoking rates among young Singaporeans remain relatively high. In other countries, tobacco companies have used menthol to encourage smoking among young people. Singapore still permits the sale of menthol tobacco products and little is known about the tobacco industry's internal strategy and motivation for marketing menthol tobacco in Singapore.
methodsTobacco industry documents analysis using the Truth Tobacco Industry Documents Library. Findings were triangulated with Euromonitor market data on menthol tobacco in Singapore, and trend data on smoking prevalence in Singapore from the First National Morbidity Survey, Labour Force Survey, National Health Survey, and National Health Surveillance Survey.
resultsMenthol tobacco products became popular among young Singaporeans in the early 1980s, largely due to a health-consciousness trend among young people and the misperception that menthol tobacco products were "safer." Philip Morris, in an attempt to compete with R.J. Reynolds for starter smokers, developed and launched several menthol brands designed to appeal to youth. While many brands initially failed, as of February 2018, menthol tobacco products comprise 48% of Singapore's total tobacco market.
conclusionsMenthol is key to the tobacco industry's strategy of recruiting and retaining young smokers in Singapore. Banning the sale of menthol tobacco products will be an important part of preventing smoking in Singapore's younger generation.
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