Likely Response to a Hypothetical Menthol Cigarette Ban Among Adults with Mood Disorders Who Smoke Menthol Cigarettes and Have No Current Plans to Quit Smoking
Among individuals with mood disorders and who smoke menthol cigarettes and have no plans to quit smoking, 22.1% may try to quit smoking if a menthol ban is implemented, while the majority (58.4%) stated that they would switch to non-menthol cigarettes. As the reasons for using menthol cigarettes included perceived lower harm, there is a need for targeted public awareness campaigns to correct misconceptions about the harms of menthol cigarettes.
Authors
- Jonathan Foulds (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2296-0726)
- Susan Veldheer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6592-9249)
- Laraib Mazhar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7335-2336)
- Jessica Yingst (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3028-668X)
- Sophia I. Allen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1809-3749)
- Shari Hrabovsky (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9838-2569)
Institutions
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Published
- 2024-11-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21111477
- Primary Topic
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00