Potential Impact of Menthol Ban in Cigarettes and E-cigarettes

Description

Menthol cigarette use remains a major public health problem and the FDA has proposed to ban menthol in cigarettes. However, additional evidence is needed to understand whether menthol flavor in e-cigarettes is important for harm reduction among menthol cigarette smokers in the context of a menthol cigarette ban. The primary aim of this project is to understand how the availability of menthol vs tobacco flavor e-cigarettes influences switching and reduces smoking behavior among adults who currently smoke menthol cigarettes to understand the potential effects in the context of a ban of menthol cigarettes.

Conditions

Tobacco Smoking

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

Menthol cigarette use remains a major public health problem and the FDA has proposed to ban menthol in cigarettes. However, additional evidence is needed to understand whether menthol flavor in e-cigarettes is important for harm reduction among menthol cigarette smokers in the context of a menthol cigarette ban. The primary aim of this project is to understand how the availability of menthol vs tobacco flavor e-cigarettes influences switching and reduces smoking behavior among adults who currently smoke menthol cigarettes to understand the potential effects in the context of a ban of menthol cigarettes.

Evaluating the Potential Impact of a Menthol Ban in Cigarettes and E-cigarettes Among Current Menthol Smokers

Potential Impact of Menthol Ban in Cigarettes and E-cigarettes

Condition
Tobacco Smoking
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

New Haven

Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, 06520

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Provision of signed and dated informed consent form
  • * Age 21 or older
  • * Able to read English
  • * Currently smoking cigarettes
  • * Willing to try e-cigarettes
  • * In good general health
  • * Seeking smoking cessation treatment
  • * Serious psychiatric or medical condition
  • * Use of other drugs
  • * Unable or unwilling to complete study protocol
  • * Contraindications for study procedures based on medical history

Ages Eligible for Study

21 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Yale University,

Krysten Bold, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Yale University

Study Record Dates

2026-03-31