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Moodie C, Best C & Jones D (2024) Support for a ban on characterizing flavours in cigarettes in the UK: a longitudinal online survey. European Journal of Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckae181
Abstract
Most European countries have banned flavoured cigarettes. No study has explored whether support for such a ban changes post-implementation. In the UK, a menthol cigarette ban came into force in May 2020. A longitudinal survey in the UK with adult smokers and ex-smokers explored support for the ban in 2019 (N = 3175) and 2022 (N = 3047). Support increased from 2019 (pre-ban) to 2022 (post-ban) for all participants (18.1% to 35.0%), with increased support evident for flavour cigarette smokers (20.7% to 34.5%), non-flavour cigarette smokers (13.5% to 18.1%), and ex-smokers (24.4% to 50.8%). Increased support for tobacco-related policies helps regulators defend policy decisions.
Keywords
adult; tobacco; european continental ancestry group; cigarettes; menthol cigarettes; flavored tobacco products; smokers; ex-smokers
Journal
European Journal of Public Health
Status | Early Online |
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Funders | CRUK Cancer Research UK, CRUK Cancer Research UK, CRUK Cancer Research UK, CRUK Cancer Research UK and CRUK Cancer Research UK |
Publication date online | 30/11/2024 |
Date accepted by journal | 22/10/2024 |
URL | http://hdl.handle.net/1893/36690 |
Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) |
ISSN | 1101-1262 |
eISSN | 1464-360X |
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