Havermans Anne, Pauwels Charlotte G G M, Bakker-'t Hart Ingrid M E, Fayokun Ranti, van Nierop Lotte E, Hellmich Ina M, Talhout Reinskje
Centre for Health Protection, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Centre for Health Protection, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
Tob Control. 2025 Jul 31;34(4):532-538. doi: 10.1136/tc-2023-058255.
This study aimed to provide an inventory of different types of flavour accessories for combustible tobacco products in eight countries varying in their approaches to flavour legislation and cultural aspects, including tobacco use.
A standardised search protocol was developed and shared with local informants to acquire information on the availability and marketing of flavour accessories in web shops accessible from Brazil, India, Italy, Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland, the UK and the USA. Characteristics of the products and web shops were reported, and flavours were categorised in a flavour wheel.
Flavour accessories were available in all participating countries. Reported types are flavour capsules, cards, filter tips and tubes for make-your-own cigarettes, drops, sprays, rolling paper, aroma markers, a flavour stone and a flavour powder. In total, 118 unique flavours were reported, which were mostly fruity and sweet. Marketing of these products was often associated with (menthol) flavour bans.
The wide availability and variety of flavour accessories raise significant public health concerns, as they have attractive flavours, and thus hinder the regulatory aim of flavour bans. Flavour accessories are not tobacco products and thus not regulated as such. Therefore, it is recommended that policymakers include these products in comprehensive flavour bans, to close this loophole in existing tobacco control measures.
本研究旨在梳理八个国家中可燃烟草产品的不同类型调味配件清单，这些国家在调味法规及包括烟草使用在内的文化方面各有不同。
制定了标准化搜索方案并与当地信息提供者共享，以获取有关巴西、印度、意大利、新加坡、南非、瑞士、英国和美国可访问的网络商店中调味配件的可得性和营销情况的信息。报告了产品和网络商店的特征，并在风味轮中对风味进行了分类。
所有参与国家均有调味配件。报告的类型有调味胶囊、卡片、滤嘴和自制卷烟用烟管、滴剂、喷雾、卷烟纸、香气标记、一块调味石和一种调味粉。总共报告了118种独特风味，大多为水果味和甜味。这些产品的营销往往与（薄荷醇）风味禁令相关。
调味配件种类繁多且随处可得，引发了重大公共卫生问题，因为它们味道诱人，从而阻碍了风味禁令的监管目标。调味配件不是烟草产品，因此未受到此类监管。因此，建议政策制定者将这些产品纳入全面的风味禁令，以填补现有烟草控制措施中的这一漏洞。
