Flavoured non-cigarette tobacco product use among US adults: 2013–2014

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• Alternative Title:
  Tob Control
• Personal Author:
  Bonhomme, Michèle G ; Holder-Hayes, Enver ; Ambrose, Bridget K ; Tworek, Cindy ; Feirman, Shari P ; King, Brian A ; Apelberg, Benjamin J
• Description:
  Introduction
  
  Limited data exist on flavoured non-cigarette tobacco product (NCTP) use among US adults.
  
  Methods
  
  Data from the 2013 to 2014 National Adult Tobacco Survey (N=75 233), a landline and cellular telephone survey of US adults aged ≥18, were assessed to estimate past 30-day NCTP use, flavoured NCTP use and flavour types using bivariate analyses.
  
  Results
  
  During 2013–2014, 14.4% of US adults were past 30-day NCTP users. Nationally, an estimated 10.2 million e-cigarette users (68.2%), 6.1 million hookah users (82.3%), 4.1 million cigar smokers (36.2%) and 4.0 million smokeless tobacco users (50.6%) used flavoured products in the past 30 days. The most prevalent flavours reported were menthol/mint (76.9%) for smokeless tobacco; fruit (74.0%) for hookah; fruit (52.4%), candy/chocolate/other sweet flavours (22.0%) and alcohol (14.5%) for cigars/cigarillos/filtered little cigars; fruit (44.9%), menthol/mint (43.9%) and candy/chocolate/other sweet flavours (25.7%) for e-cigarettes and fruit (56.6%), candy/chocolate/other sweet flavours (26.5%) and menthol/mint (24.8%) for pipes. Except for hookah and pipes, past 30-day flavoured product use was highest among 18–24-year olds. By cigarette smoking, never smoking e-cigarette users (84.8%) were more likely to report flavoured e-cigarette use, followed by recent former smokers (78.1%), long-term former smokers (70.4%) and current smokers (63.2%).
  
  Conclusions
  
  Flavoured NCTP use is prominent among US adult tobacco users, particularly among e-cigarette, hookah and cigar users. Flavoured product use, especially fruit and sweet-flavoured products, was higher among younger adults. It is important for tobacco prevention and control strategies to address all forms of tobacco use, including flavoured tobacco products.
  
  
• Keywords:
  Adolescent Adult Aged Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems Female Flavoring Agents Humans Male Middle Aged Smokers Smoking Surveys And Questionnaires Tobacco Products United States Young Adult

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• Source:
  Tob Control. 25(Suppl 2):ii4-ii13
• Pubmed ID:
  27794065
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5515238
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  25
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
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  urn:sha256:339477b8d30ccaaf79bd2ef4b9ce152d28f86b3edd28d90f0733a7479eed1ad7
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/46831/cdc_46831_DS1.pdf
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