TY - JOUR
T1 - The association between menthol perceptions and supportfor a policy ban among US smokers
AU - Rath, Jessica M.
AU - Greenberg, Marisa
AU - Pitzer, Lindsay
AU - Emelle, Brittany
AU - Green, Molly
AU - Liu, Shiyang
AU - Willett, Jeffrey
AU - Rose, Shyanika W.
AU - Hair, Elizabeth C.
AU - Vallone, Donna
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2018/6/1
Y1 - 2018/6/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Health communications
KW - Menthol
KW - Smoke-free policy
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U2 - 10.18865/ed.28.3.177
DO - 10.18865/ed.28.3.177
M3 - Article
C2 - 30038479
AN - SCOPUS:85049850926
SN - 1049-510X
VL - 28
SP - 177
EP - 186
JO - Ethnicity and Disease
JF - Ethnicity and Disease
IS - 3
ER -