Postdoctoral Fellow, Clinical and Translational Science Institute, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY., Email:
Associate Professor and Richard J. O'Connor, Professor of Oncology, Department of Health Behavior, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY.
Am J Health Behav. 2020 Mar 1;44(2):252-256. doi: 10.5993/AJHB.44.2.12.
In this study, we identified differences in cessation, nicotine dependence, and quit attempts between smokers using non-menthol cigarettes and smokers using menthol cigarettes differing in menthol delivery method (eg, menthol in the tobacco only, crushable capsules only or both). We analyzed data from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study, Waves 1 and 2 (W1 and W2), to determine associations of delivery method of menthol with cessation, nicotine dependence, and quit attempts among current adult cigarette smokers. Nearly 40% of US smokers reported using a mentholated cigarette product with most using a product mentholated in the tobacco only. Smokers included in this analysis had a moderate to low heaviness of smoking index score. The lowest average score was among those using products mentholated in a filter capsule only (1.3, SE = .10), and the highest among those using non-mentholated products (2.4, SE = .03). About 12% of smokers quit between W1 and W2. Cessation, nicotine dependence, and quit attempts at W2 were not associated with delivery method of menthol at W1. Method of menthol delivery did not impact cessation, nicotine dependence, and quit attempts.
在这项研究中，我们确定了使用不同薄荷醇输送方式（例如仅在烟草中添加薄荷醇、仅使用压碎胶囊或两者兼用）的非薄荷醇香烟和薄荷醇香烟使用者在戒烟、尼古丁依赖和戒烟尝试方面的差异。我们分析了来自人口烟草和健康评估研究（PATHS）第 1 波和第 2 波（W1 和 W2）的数据，以确定薄荷醇输送方式与当前成年吸烟者戒烟、尼古丁依赖和戒烟尝试之间的关联。近 40%的美国吸烟者报告使用薄荷味香烟产品，其中大多数使用仅在烟草中添加薄荷醇的产品。本分析中包括的吸烟者吸烟严重程度指数得分中等偏低。在仅使用过滤胶囊添加薄荷醇的产品中，平均得分最低（1.3，SE=.10），而在使用非薄荷醇产品的吸烟者中得分最高（2.4，SE=.03）。大约 12%的吸烟者在 W1 和 W2 之间戒烟。W1 时薄荷醇输送方式与 W2 时的戒烟、尼古丁依赖和戒烟尝试均无关。薄荷醇的输送方式并未影响戒烟、尼古丁依赖和戒烟尝试。
