Department of Data Science, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA.
Department of Biostatistics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Subst Abus. 2023 Jan-Apr;44(1):91-95. doi: 10.1177/08897077231174683. Epub 2023 May 13.
Menthol cigarette use is associated with higher smoking initiation and reduced smoking cessation. We investigated sociodemographic differences in menthol and nonmenthol cigarette use in the United States.
We used the most recent available data from the May 2019 wave of the nationally-representative Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey. The survey weights were used to estimate the national prevalence of individuals who currently smoke among individuals who use menthol and nonmenthol cigarettes. Survey-weighted logistic regression methods were used to estimate the association of menthol cigarette use with formerly smoking cigarettes and attempting to quit within the past 12 months while adjusting for several sociodemographic factors associated with smoking.
The prevalence of current smoking in individuals who ever smoked menthol cigarettes was higher 45.6% (44.5%-46.6%) compared to 35.8% (35.2%-36.4%) in individuals who ever smoked nonmenthol cigarettes. Non-Hispanics Blacks who used menthol cigarettes had a higher likelihood of being an individual who currently smokes (OR 1.8, 95% CI: [1.6-2.0], -value <.001) compared to Non-Hispanic Whites who used nonmenthol cigarettes. However, Non-Hispanics Blacks who used menthol cigarettes were more likely to make a quit attempt (OR 1.4, 95%CI: [1.3-1.6], -value <.001) compared to non-Hispanic Whites who used nonmenthol cigarettes.
Individuals who currently use menthol cigarettes are more likely to make attempts to quit smoking. However, this did not translate to successfully quitting smoking, as evidenced by the proportion of individuals who formerly smoked within the population which used menthol cigarettes.
薄荷醇香烟的使用与更高的吸烟起始率和更低的戒烟率有关。我们调查了美国薄荷醇和非薄荷醇香烟使用的社会人口学差异。
我们使用了来自全国代表性的烟草使用补充调查对当前人口调查的 2019 年 5 月最新可用数据。调查权重用于估计在使用薄荷醇和非薄荷醇香烟的人群中，目前吸烟的个体的全国流行率。使用调查加权逻辑回归方法，在调整与吸烟相关的几个社会人口学因素的同时，估计薄荷醇香烟使用与以前吸烟和在过去 12 个月内尝试戒烟的关联。
曾经吸过薄荷醇香烟的个体中，目前吸烟的比例为 45.6%（44.5%-46.6%），而曾经吸过非薄荷醇香烟的个体中，目前吸烟的比例为 35.8%（35.2%-36.4%）。使用薄荷醇香烟的非西班牙裔黑人比使用非薄荷醇香烟的非西班牙裔白人更有可能成为当前吸烟者（OR 1.8，95%CI：[1.6-2.0]，-值<0.001）。然而，使用薄荷醇香烟的非西班牙裔黑人比使用非薄荷醇香烟的非西班牙裔白人更有可能尝试戒烟（OR 1.4，95%CI：[1.3-1.6]，-值<0.001）。
目前使用薄荷醇香烟的个体更有可能尝试戒烟。然而，这并没有转化为成功戒烟，这从使用薄荷醇香烟的人群中以前吸烟的个体比例可以看出。
