Use of Menthol-Flavored Tobacco Products Among US Middle and High School Students: National Youth Tobacco Survey, 2022

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• Journal Article:
  Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD)
• Personal Author:
  Cornelius, Monica E. ; Gentzke, Andrea S. ; Loretan, Caitlin G. ; Hawkins, Nikki A. ; Jamal, Ahmed
• Description:
  Introduction
  
  Menthol cigarettes have been associated with increased smoking initiation. Although numerous studies have focused on correlates of menthol cigarette smoking among youths, fewer studies have assessed the prevalence and correlates of overall menthol-flavored tobacco product use among middle and high school students.
  
  Methods
  
  We analyzed 2022 National Youth Tobacco Survey data to estimate the prevalence of menthol-flavored tobacco product use among US middle and high school students who used tobacco products within the past 30 days. Characteristics associated with menthol-flavored tobacco product use were also examined.
  
  Results
  
  Use of menthol-flavored tobacco products was reported by 23.8% of students who currently used any tobacco product and by 39.5% of students who currently used any flavored tobacco product. Among students who reported past 30-day use of a flavored tobacco product, characteristics associated with a higher prevalence of menthol-flavored tobacco product use included non-Hispanic White race and ethnicity, frequent tobacco product use, use of multiple tobacco products, wanting to use a tobacco product within the first 30 minutes of awakening, and craving tobacco products within the past 30 days.
  
  Conclusion
  
  Unlike results of prior research focused on cigarette smoking among young people, prevalence of use of any menthol-flavored tobacco product was highest among non-Hispanic White youths. Any use of menthol-flavored tobacco products of any type (alone or in combination with other flavors) among young people may be associated with continued product use and symptoms of dependence.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Child Female Flavoring Agents Humans Male Menthol Prevalence Students Surveys And Questionnaires Tobacco Products

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• Source:
  Prev Chronic Dis. 2024; 21
• DOI:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd21.230305
• ISSN:
  1545-1151
• Pubmed ID:
  38815049
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC11155684
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Name as Subject:
  National Youth Tobacco Survey (U.S.) ; National Youth Tobacco Survey (U.S.)
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Volume:
  21
• Collection(s):
  Preventing Chronic Disease
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