Modeling the future effects of a menthol ban on smoking prevalence and smoking-attributable deaths in the United States

D.T. Levy, J.L. Pearson, A.C. Villanti, K. Blackman, D.M. Vallone, R.S. Niaura and D.B. Abrams

American Journal of Public Health, 2011, vol. 101, issue 7, 1236-1240

Abstract: We used a validated smoking simulation model and data from the 2003 Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey to project the impact that a US menthol ban would have on smoking prevalence and smoking-attributable deaths. In a scenario in which 30% of menthol smokers quit and 30% of those who would have initiated as menthol smokers do not initiate, by 2050 the relative reduction in smoking prevalence would be 9.7% overall and 24.8% for Blacks; deaths averted would be 633252 overall and 237317 for Blacks.

Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300179

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