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ArticleNicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco2024

Commercial Tobacco Retailers Need to Be Included in Research on Policies Restricting the Sale of Menthol Cigarettes.

Kellie Ann Mei, Heesung Shin, Sabrina L Smiley

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Article in Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. What Will It Take to Achieve Equity in Policies Restricting Menthol and Other Flavored Nicotine and Commercial Tobacco Products?Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2024
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Kellie Ann MeiDivision of Health Promotion and Behavioral Science, School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA.
Heesung ShinDivision of Health Promotion and Behavioral Science, School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA.
Sabrina L SmileyDivision of Health Promotion and Behavioral Science, School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3202-7534

Funding

Re-Engineering Systems to Treat Opioid use Disorder for Everyone (RESTORE): A Pilot Randomized Controlled TrialDP1DA058978 · NIDA · SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI Sabrina Lynn Smiley · 2023 to 2026
$3.2M
NIDA NIH HHS DP1 DA058978University of California Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionMenthol cigarettes are disproportionately marketed and advertised in the commercial tobacco retail environment in Black communities across the United States, contributing to menthol cigarette-related disparities and lower likelihood of successful quitting among Black people who smoke. Policies restricting retail sales of menthol cigarettes are aimed at preventing initiation, promoting quitting, and reducing related disparities.

methodsStructured phone interview surveys were conducted from January to July 2021 with commercial tobacco retailers in Los Angeles County, California, unincorporated communities with a high percentage of Black residents, eight months after a local policy restricting retail sales of menthol cigarettes and other flavored nicotine and commercial tobacco products became effective on May 20, 2020. Interviews examined menthol cigarette sales restrictions-related knowledge, attitudes, and practices.

resultsAmong 22 retailers interviewed, most (86.4%) reported having knowledge of the local ban on menthol cigarettes, and more than half (54.5%) reported offering price promotions for menthol cigarettes. Additionally, more than half (54.5%) reported believing customers who buy menthol cigarettes would stop smoking altogether following the ban.

conclusionsMost retailers reported having knowledge of the menthol ban, yet half reported offering price promotions for menthol cigarettes. Findings suggest retail availability of menthol cigarettes in Los Angeles County unincorporated communities with a high percentage of Black residents, post ban. Public health and policy implications are discussed.

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CommerceMentholTobacco ProductsAdultBlack or African AmericanCaliforniaFemaleHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHumansLos AngelesMaleMiddle AgedSmoking CessationSurveys and QuestionnairesMenthol

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