The Association Between Menthol Perceptions and Support for a Policy Ban among US Smokers
| Autor: | Shiyang Michael Liu, Marisa Greenberg, Elizabeth C. Hair, Lindsay Pitzer, Jessica M. Rath, Molly Green, Shyanika W. Rose, Donna Vallone, Jeffrey Willett, Brittany Emelle |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Male Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Adolescent Epidemiology media_common.quotation_subject Ethnic group Logistic regression Odds Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences Smoke-Free Policy chemistry.chemical_compound 0302 clinical medicine Surveys and Questionnaires Perception Humans Medicine Original Report: Cancer Prevention Policies and Training 030212 general & internal medicine Association (psychology) Aged media_common Smokers 030505 public health business.industry Health Policy Addiction General Medicine Middle Aged Menthol Cross-Sectional Studies chemistry Female 0305 other medical science business Demography |
| Zdroj: | Ethnicity & Disease. 28:177 |
| ISSN: | 1945-0826 1049-510X |
| DOI: | 10.18865/ed.28.3.177 |
| Popis: | Objective: To examine the relationship between menthol perceptions and support for a national menthol ban.Design: Descriptive cross-sectional study.Participants: Data were collected from a nationally representative probability-based panel of adults aged ≥18 years during June 21, 2016 through July 18, 2016. A total of 1,303 respondents, including an oversample of 300 African Americans, completed the survey.Main Outcome Measures: Weighted logistic regression models examined the relationship between menthol perceptions, specifically related to health and addiction, and the outcome measure: support for a menthol ban, by menthol smoking status. All models controlled for age, sex, education level, and race/ethnicity.Results: The association between reporting accurate menthol health perceptions differed by menthol preference. Among non-menthol smokers, there was no association between accurate menthol health perceptions and support of a menthol ban while more accurate menthol perceptions of addiction were associated with greater support of a menthol ban (aOR=2.83, CI=1.19- 6.72). Among menthol smokers, more accurate health-related menthol perceptions were associated with increased odds of supporting a menthol ban (aOR=3.90, CI=1.02-14.79) while more accurate menthol addiction perceptions were not.Conclusions: Fewer current menthol smokers support a menthol ban than current non-menthol smokers given its effect on their preferred product. Given the large proportions of smokers who have misperceptions of the health consequences and addictive properties of menthol, there is a moral imperative to inform those who use these products. Findings suggest the need for tailored messaging strategies targeted to reach menthol smokers who will be most impacted by a ban, but also have the most to gain from such a policy change.Ethn Dis. 2018;28(3):177-186; doi:10.18865/ ed.28.3.177. |
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