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Prior Daily Menthol Smokers More Likely to Quit 2 Years After a Menthol Ban Than Non-menthol Smokers: A Population Cohort Study

March 15, 2021
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Abstract Background and Aims The province of Ontario, Canada, banned the use of menthol-flavored tobacco products as of January 1, 2017. This study aims to assess the longer-term impact of a menthol ban on smoking behavior at 2 years, which is unknow
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Ban on Menthol-Flavoured Tobacco Products Predicts Cigarette Cessation at 1 Year: a Population Cohort

May 30, 2019
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Abstract Objectives The province of Ontario, Canada, banned the use of menthol-flavoured tobacco products as of 1 January 2017. The long-term impact of a menthol ban on smoking behaviour has not been previously evaluated. Methods Population cohort st
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Evaluating a Real World Ban on Menthol Cigarettes: an Interrupted Time Series Analysis of Sales

March 19, 2019
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Abstract Background Menthol in cigarettes has been shown to increase regular cigarette smoking and nicotine dependence, and decrease success in smoking cessation. Owing to these reasons, in May 2015, the province of Ontario introduced a menthol ban o
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Menthol Cigarette Smoker Reactions to an Implemented Menthol Cigarette Ban

January 17, 2019
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Abstract Objective: We examined menthol cigarette smokers’ reactions to Ontario’s menthol cigarette ban. Methods: In April 2017, past-year adult menthol cigarette smokers from Ontario, Canada (N = 67; 64.2% women) participated in an onlin
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Evaluation of Ontario’s Menthol Ban

March 25, 2018
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Ontario’s ban on menthol flavouring in tobacco was one of the first internationally. OTRU is evaluating the impacts of this cutting edge regulation. The ban on menthol in tobacco products was found to be associated with quitting behaviour, and potent
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Effects of a Real World Menthol Ban: Changes in Smoking Behaviour and Cigarette Branding

March 20, 2018
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Abstract Background: The province of Ontario, Canada implemented a ban on menthol in all forms of tobacco products that came into effect January 1st, 2017. This presentation examines changes in behaviour among a cohort of menthol smokers as part of t
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Tobacco Industry Tactics in Preparing for Menthol Ban

September 20, 2017
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Abstract The US Food and Drug Administration concluded that a ban on menthol cigarettes would likely elicit a reduction in cigarette consumption, increased cessation and reduced initiation of smoking. Understanding how the tobacco industry prepared f
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Tobacco Industry Response to Menthol Cigarette Bans in Alberta and Nova Scotia, Canada

March 08, 2017
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Abstract Menthol cigarettes are associated with increased initiation and progression to regular smoking and decreased likelihood of smoking cessation. Menthol smokers are more likely to be women and adolescents in several countries. The Conference of
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