Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Subst Use Misuse. 2022;57(8):1215-1219. doi: 10.1080/10826084.2022.2069268. Epub 2022 May 2.
There is a lack of consistent regulation of cannabis edibles packaging to restrict youth-appealing content in the United States.
To describe content appealing to youth on U.S. cannabis-infused edibles packaging.
We analyzed 256 photos of cannabis-infused edibles packaging collected from U.S. adults from 25 states, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico between May 2020 to August 2021. We coded the presence of product knockoffs, human and non-human creatures, images indicating flavor, text indicating flavor, and the number of colors. We compared these codes across states' legalization status (medical and non-medical cannabis, medical cannabis only, or limited cannabis legalization).
Overall, 15% of packages resembled product knockoffs, 23% contained human/non-human creatures, 35% contained flavor images, 91% contained flavor text, and median number of colors was 5 (range from 1 to 10+). Packages purchased in states with medical and non-medical cannabis, medical cannabis only, or limited cannabis legalization differed significantly on product knockoffs (11%, 26%, 38%, = 0.007), human/non-human creatures (19%, 33%, 63%, = 0.002), flavor text (93%, 81%, 100%, = 0.046), and number of colors (median of 5, 5, and 10, = 0.022).
Existing laws have not adequately limited content appealing to youth on U.S. cannabis-infused edibles packaging. Robust and consistent regulations in the U.S. are needed to ensure that the packaging of such products does not contain content that appeal to youth and lead to initiation or inadvertent ingestion.
美国缺乏对大麻食用包装的一致监管，以限制对年轻人有吸引力的内容。
描述美国含大麻的可食用包装上吸引年轻人的内容。
我们分析了 2020 年 5 月至 2021 年 8 月期间从美国 25 个州、哥伦比亚特区和波多黎各的成年人那里收集的 256 张含大麻可食用包装的照片。我们对产品仿冒品、人类和非人类生物、表示口味的图像、表示口味的文本以及颜色数量进行了编码。我们比较了这些编码在各州的合法化状态（医用和非医用大麻、医用大麻或有限的大麻合法化）之间的差异。
总体而言，15%的包装类似于产品仿冒品，23%的包装含有人类/非人类生物，35%的包装含有口味图像，91%的包装含有口味文本，颜色中位数为 5（范围为 1 到 10 多种）。在有医用和非医用大麻、医用大麻或有限的大麻合法化的州购买的包装在产品仿冒品（11%、26%、38%，=0.007）、人类/非人类生物（19%、33%、63%，=0.002）、口味文本（93%、81%、100%，=0.046）和颜色数量（中位数为 5、5 和 10，=0.022）方面存在显著差异。
现有的法律并没有充分限制美国含大麻的可食用包装上对年轻人有吸引力的内容。美国需要强有力和一致的监管法规，以确保此类产品的包装不含有吸引年轻人的内容，从而导致他们开始使用或无意中摄入。
