Selective Reduction of Socioeconomic Disparities in the Experimental Tobacco Marketplace: Effects of Cigarette and E-cigarette Flavor Restrictions.
Roberta Freitas-LemosAllison N TeggeAlina ShevorykinDevin C TomlinsonLiqa N AthamnehJeffrey S SteinChristine E ShefferPeter G ShieldsDorothy K HatsukamiWarren K BickelPublished in: Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (2024)
With increasing trends of socioeconomic differences in smoking prevalence and cessation rates, smoking-related health disparities are expected to continue to widen. Restricting menthol flavor in cigarettes while enhancing the availability and affordability of NRT have the potential to alleviate SES disparities in tobacco use, therefore, positively impacting health equity. However, this effect may depend on flavor availability in other tobacco products.