Association of menthol-flavoured cigarette smoking with all-cause and cause-specific mortality risk
Findings of a unique excess mortality risk associated with menthol cigarettes provide additional scientific evidence-apart from their known impacts on initiation and cessation-in support of menthol flavour regulation in the USA and similar policies in LMICs. Public communication efforts must reiterate that quitting all cigarette types is the only safe option to reduce disease risk.
Authors
- J. Lee Westmaas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6716-7695)
- Ahmedin Jemal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0000-4111)
- Alpa V. Patel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9997-1218)
- Blake Thomson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6433-0338)
- Christina C. Newton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1471-5608)
- Zheng Xue (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1237-9356)
- Priti Bandi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1169-4231)
- Farhad Islami (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7357-5994)
- Samuel Asare (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7888-0667)
- W. Ryan Diver (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5418-9000)
- Minal Patel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1682-5440)
- Nigar Nargis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4501-1398)
Institutions
- American Cancer Society (US)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Tobacco Control
- Published
- 2025-02-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/tc-2024-059020
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.49
Funders
- American Cancer Society