Menthol and Mint Cigarettes and Cigars: Initiation and Progression in Youth, Young Adults and Adults in Waves 1-4 of the PATH Study, 2013-2017.
Andrea C VillantiAmanda L JohnsonMichael J HalenarEva SharmaK Michael CummingsCassandra A StantonCristine D DelnevoMeghan E MoreanMaansi Bansal-TraversJennifer L PearsonDavid B AbramsRaymond S NiauraGeoffrey T FongTara Elton-MarshallDorothy HatsukamiDennis R TrinidadAnnette KaufmanMichael D SawdeyEthel V TaylorWendy I SlavitOlga RassWilson M ComptonAndrew HylandPublished in: Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (2021)
This study examined the relationship between initiation with menthol cigarettes and menthol/mint cigars, subsequent tobacco use, and nicotine dependence in US youth, young adults, and adults who participated in Waves 1-4 of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health study. New use of menthol cigarettes was associated with greater past 12-month cigarette use in young adults and new use of menthol/mint-flavored cigars was associated with greater past 30-day cigar use in youth and young adults compared with non-menthol use. Initiation with menthol/mint cigarette and cigar products may lead to subsequent use of those products.