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ArticlePublic health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974)2025

Perceptions of a Menthol Cigarette and Flavored Cigar Ban Among Black and White Adults Who Smoke Menthol Cigarettes, United States, 2024.

Michael J Arnold, Eleanor L S Leavens, Lisa Sanderson Cox, Alexandra Brown, Matthew S Mayo, Nathaniel L Baldwin, Thu A Nguyen, Nicole L Nollen

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Michael J ArnoldDepartment of Population Health, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4489-4870
Eleanor L S LeavensDepartment of Population Health, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2948-2384
Lisa Sanderson CoxDepartment of Population Health, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS, USA.
Alexandra BrownDepartment of Biostatistics and Data Science, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS, USA.
Matthew S MayoUniversity of Kansas Cancer Center, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS, USA.
Nathaniel L BaldwinDepartment of Population Health, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS, USA.
Thu A NguyenDepartment of Population Health, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4939-0834
Nicole L NollenDepartment of Population Health, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS, USA.

Funding

Impact of e-cigarette nicotine concentration on compensation, cigarette use, and biomarkers of exposure and harm in African American and White smokersK01DA054995 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER · PI LEAVENS, ELEANOR LADD SCHNEIDER · 2021 to 2025
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NIDA NIH HHS K01 DA054995
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesMenthol flavoring is a critical public health issue, but prior research has largely represented the voices of White adults who smoke menthol cigarettes, who represent a small subset of adults who smoke menthol cigarettes in the United States. This study compared perceptions of a hypothetical menthol cigarette or flavored cigar (MC/FC) ban among Black and White adults who smoke menthol cigarettes.

methodsParticipants were a convenience sample of 2113 Black and 1087 White adults who smoke menthol cigarettes, collected through Amazon Mechanical Turk from July 2023 through January 2024. Participants reported opinions about an MC/FC ban, the likely public health outcomes, and a hypothetical impact of the ban on their smoking behavior. We used stepwise logistic regression to model factors associated with ban opposition or ambivalence.

resultsMore than one-third of adults who smoke menthol cigarettes supported an MC/FC ban (37.2% Black vs 34.5% White;

conclusionsTargeted outreach to those who consume predominantly menthol products and those who do not intend to quit nicotine could increase support of an MC/FC ban among adults who smoke menthol cigarettes.

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Black or African Americanhealth disparitieshealth policysocial determinants of healthtobacco

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PMID41388646
PMCPMC12701831

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