Krysten W Bold1, Eugenia Buta2, Patricia Simon3, Ralitza Gueorguieva4, Asti Jackson3, Sakinah C Suttiratana5, Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin3, Stephanie S O'Malley6. 1. Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA; Yale Cancer Center, New Haven, CT, USA. Electronic address: krysten.bold@yale.edu. 2. Department of Biostatistics, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA. 3. Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA. 4. Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA; Department of Biostatistics, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA. 5. Department of Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA. 6. Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA; Yale Cancer Center, New Haven, CT, USA.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Menthol cigarette use contributes to disproportionate tobacco-related health disparities amongst minoritized race/ethnic groups. E-cigarettes are available in flavors such as menthol and may be a less harmful substitute among adults who smoke. Yet little is known about e-cigarette flavor preference and reasons for use by race/ethnicity among adults who smoke menthol cigarettes. METHODS: Nationally representative PATH wave 4 adult data (Dec. 2016-Jan. 2018) were used to examine how menthol cigarette status and race/ethnicity were associated with past 30-day e-cigarette use, flavors used, and reasons for use with adjusted logistic regression models. RESULTS: Menthol (vs. non-menthol) cigarette use was associated with higher odds of e-cigarette use (AOR=1.33, 95%CI=1.16-1.52). However, non-Hispanic (NH) Black and Hispanic individuals (vs. NH White) had lower odds of e-cigarette use (p's ≤ 0.004). In terms of flavor used, adults smoking menthol cigarettes and NH Black and Hispanic individuals had greater odds of using menthol/mint-flavored e-cigarettes (p's ≤ 0.02), and older adults (vs. 18-24-year-olds) had lower odds of using sweet-flavored e-cigarettes (p's < 0.0001). Regarding reasons for use, adults smoking menthol cigarettes had higher odds of reporting using e-cigarettes due to liking flavors (AOR=1.63, 95%CI=1.30-2.04), while NH Black adults had lower odds of liking flavors (AOR=0.64, 95%CI=0.43-0.96), and Hispanic adults had lower odds of using e-cigarettes to cut down on cigarette smoking (AOR=0.59, 95%CI=0.42-0.83). CONCLUSIONS: Findings suggest menthol flavored e-cigarettes may be important for adults who smoke menthol cigarettes, although racial disparities in current e-cigarette use and reasons for use may exacerbate tobacco-related health disparities.
INTRODUCTION: Menthol cigarette use contributes to disproportionate tobacco-related health disparities amongst minoritized race/ethnic groups. E-cigarettes are available in flavors such as menthol and may be a less harmful substitute among adults who smoke. Yet little is known about e-cigarette flavor preference and reasons for use by race/ethnicity among adults who smoke menthol cigarettes. METHODS: Nationally representative PATH wave 4 adult data (Dec. 2016-Jan. 2018) were used to examine how menthol cigarette status and race/ethnicity were associated with past 30-day e-cigarette use, flavors used, and reasons for use with adjusted logistic regression models. RESULTS: Menthol (vs. non-menthol) cigarette use was associated with higher odds of e-cigarette use (AOR=1.33, 95%CI=1.16-1.52). However, non-Hispanic (NH) Black and Hispanic individuals (vs. NH White) had lower odds of e-cigarette use (p's ≤ 0.004). In terms of flavor used, adults smoking menthol cigarettes and NH Black and Hispanic individuals had greater odds of using menthol/mint-flavored e-cigarettes (p's ≤ 0.02), and older adults (vs. 18-24-year-olds) had lower odds of using sweet-flavored e-cigarettes (p's < 0.0001). Regarding reasons for use, adults smoking menthol cigarettes had higher odds of reporting using e-cigarettes due to liking flavors (AOR=1.63, 95%CI=1.30-2.04), while NH Black adults had lower odds of liking flavors (AOR=0.64, 95%CI=0.43-0.96), and Hispanic adults had lower odds of using e-cigarettes to cut down on cigarette smoking (AOR=0.59, 95%CI=0.42-0.83). CONCLUSIONS: Findings suggest menthol flavored e-cigarettes may be important for adults who smoke menthol cigarettes, although racial disparities in current e-cigarette use and reasons for use may exacerbate tobacco-related health disparities.
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