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ArticleJAMA network open2022

Spatial Analysis of Changes in Cigarette Sales in Massachusetts and Bordering States Following the Massachusetts Menthol Flavor Ban.

Samuel Asare, Anuja Majmundar, J Lee Westmaas, Priti Bandi, Zheng Xue, Ahmedin Jemal, Nigar Nargis

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Article in JAMA network open, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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2citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. The Impact of Menthol Cigarette Bans: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2025
    Pooled it
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Samuel AsareTobacco Control Research, Surveillance & Health Equity Science, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia.
Anuja MajmundarTobacco Control Research, Surveillance & Health Equity Science, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia.
J Lee WestmaasPopulation Science, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia.
Priti BandiRisk Factors & Screening Research, Surveillance & Health Equity Science, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia.
Zheng XueTobacco Control Research, Surveillance & Health Equity Science, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia.
Ahmedin JemalSurveillance & Health Equity Science, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia.
Nigar NargisTobacco Control Research, Surveillance & Health Equity Science, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

MentholTobacco ProductsCommerceHumansMassachusettsSpatial AnalysisMenthol

Identifiers

PMID36107431
PMCPMC9478773

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