ArticleDrug and alcohol dependence2020
Adolescent menthol cigarette use and risk of nicotine dependence: Findings from the national Population Assessment on Tobacco and Health (PATH) study.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.
- Does removing menthol cigarettes in convenience stores reduce susceptibility to cigarette smoking? An experimental investigation in young people.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2023Trial
- Acute effects of inhaled menthol on cognitive effects of intravenous nicotine among young adult cigarette smokers.Addictive behaviors · 2021Trial
- How does removing menthol tobacco product displays at point-of-sale affect adolescents' cigarette smoking intentions? The mediating effects of social norms.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2025Article
- Tobacco use behaviors in response to menthol restriction: A scoping review.Tobacco induced diseases · 2025Review
- Perceptions of the Harm of Cigarettes, Mental Health, and Quality of Life Among Transgender Adults Who Smoke Menthol Cigarettes: Results from Wave 5 of the Population Assessment for Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Oral mucosal changes caused by nicotine pouches: case series.Diagnostic pathology · 2024Article
- More than a "characterizing flavor": Menthol at subliminal levels in tobacco products.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2024Review
- Investigating the role of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in menthol's effects in mice.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2024Article
- Pain and Menthol Use Are Related to Greater Nicotine Dependence Among Black Adults Who Smoke Cigarettes at Wave 5 (2018-2019) of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2023Article
- Examining sexual identity stability and change over time and associations with tobacco use in a nationally representative US sample.Addictive behaviors · 2023Article
- An Analysis of Twitter Posts About the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Menthol Ban.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2023Article
- Trends in Education-Related Smoking Disparities Among U.S. Black or African American and White Adults: Intersections of Race, Sex, and Region.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2023Article
- Tobacco Use, Nicotine Dependence, and Cessation Methods in US Adults With Psychosis.JAMA network open · 2023Article
- Emerging Oral Nicotine Products and Periodontal Diseases.International journal of dentistry · 2023Review
- Genetic variations in the bitter taste receptor gene TAS2R38 are related to cigarette smoking behavior in Han Chinese smokers.Genes & genomics · 2022Article
- Substitution of flavored cigarillos with menthol cigarettes among young adults in the U.S.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2022Article
- Plasma Menthol Glucuronide as a Biomarker for the Behavioral Effects of Menthol and Nicotine in Humans.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2022Article
- Twitter Surveillance at the Intersection of the Triangulum.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2022Article
- Nicotine and Tobacco Product Use and Dependence Symptoms Among US Adolescents and Adults: Differences by Age, Sex, and Sexual Identity.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2021Article
- Cigarette smoking frequency, quantity, dependence, and quit intentions during adolescence: Comparison of menthol and non-menthol smokers (National Youth Tobacco Survey 2017-2020).Addictive behaviors · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundMenthol cigarettes appeal to adolescents because they mask the harsh taste and sensation of tobacco smoke thereby making it easier to inhale the smoke. As a result, menthol cigarette users expose themselves to higher levels of nicotine relative to non-menthol cigarettes and increase their risk for developing nicotine dependence. We examined whether adolescent menthol smokers (vs. non-menthol smokers) reported higher nicotine dependence.
methodsData were from adolescent past 30-day cigarette smokers participating in Wave 2 of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health survey (n = 434). Nicotine dependence was assessed using eight items from the Wisconsin Inventory of Smoking Dependence Motives corresponding to individual subscale constructs. Linear regression models evaluated the association of past 30-day menthol (vs. non-menthol) cigarette use with each dependence outcome in separate models, adjusting for age, gender, race, and other tobacco product use.
results49.5% of past 30-day youth cigarette smokers reported smoking menthol cigarettes. In adjusted models, menthol smokers (vs. non-menthol smokers) reported significantly higher nicotine dependence for three constructs: craving (p = 0.005), affiliative attachment (p = 0.005), and tolerance (p = 0.003). No differences for menthol vs. non-menthol smokers were observed for loss of control, negative reinforcement, cognitive enhancement, automaticity, or social environment after correction for multiple comparisons.
conclusionsFindings suggest that menthol cigarette smokers are not just more physically dependent on nicotine but also experience increased emotional attachments to cigarettes compared to their non-menthol smoking peers. Because adolescents are vulnerable to developing nicotine dependence, tobacco control policies that restrict youth access to menthol cigarettes are urgently needed.
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