ArticleAJPM focus2025
The Behavioral Impact of the Massachusetts Flavored Tobacco Products Ban on Cigarette Smoking Among Adults Aged ≥21 Years.
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Introduction: In June of 2020, Massachusetts became the first state to implement a statewide ban on flavored tobacco. To date, no study has analyzed the behavioral outcomes of a comprehensive statewide ban on flavored tobacco products among representative state samples of adults aged ≥21 years. Methods: Using a difference-in-difference model from repeated cross-sectional data (Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System), the authors compared cigarette smoking prevalence in Massachusetts before (January 2017-May 2020) with that after (June 2020-December 2022) the implementation of a flavor ban, with 35 states serving as a comparison. Sensitivity analyses were conducted to ensure the robustness of the difference-in-difference findings. Results: There was a consistent decline in smoking prevalence in Massachusetts (14.1% in 2017 to 10.7% in 2022) and comparator states (18.5% in 2017 to 14.8% in 2022). When adjusting for sociodemographic and the year-fixed effect, the analysis indicated significant effects of time (AOR=1.05; 95% CI=1.00, 1.11, Conclusions: The results indicate that the comprehensive flavor ban in Massachusetts did not significantly impact smoking prevalence relative to that in comparator states without flavor bans.
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