IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jijerp/v16y2019i18p3234-d263873.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Estimating the Potential Public Health Impact of Prohibiting Characterizing Flavors in Cigars throughout the US

Author

Listed:
  • Brian L. Rostron

    (Center for Tobacco Products, US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD 20993, USA)

  • Catherine G. Corey

    (Center for Tobacco Products, US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD 20993, USA)

  • Enver Holder-Hayes

    (Center for Tobacco Products, US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD 20993, USA)

  • Bridget K. Ambrose

    (Center for Tobacco Products, US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD 20993, USA)

Abstract

Flavored cigar use is common among cigar smokers, particularly those at younger ages. Several US localities have implemented policies restricting the sale of flavored tobacco products, including cigars. We estimated the population health benefits of removal of flavored cigars throughout the US in terms of reductions in cigar smoking-attributable mortality due to increased cessation and reductions in cigar smoking prevalence due to decreased initiation and continuing use. Monte Carlo simulation was used to estimate possible ranges for these values. We used published estimates of cigar use and attributable mortality in the US, as well as prior study conclusions on the effect of local and national flavor restriction policies. We estimated that removal of flavored cigars would result in approximately 800 (90% prediction interval = 400–1200) fewer cigar smoking-attributable deaths in the US each year and 112,000 fewer cigar smokers (90% prediction interval = 76,000–139,000) in each cohort of 18 year olds. The removal of characterizing flavors in cigars sold in the US is thus projected to have substantial public health benefits over time.

Suggested Citation

  • Brian L. Rostron & Catherine G. Corey & Enver Holder-Hayes & Bridget K. Ambrose, 2019. "Estimating the Potential Public Health Impact of Prohibiting Characterizing Flavors in Cigars throughout the US," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(18), pages 1-7, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:16:y:2019:i:18:p:3234-:d:263873
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/16/18/3234/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/16/18/3234/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Nonnemaker, J. & Rostron, B. & Hall, P. & MacMonegle, A. & Apelberg, B., 2014. "Mortality and economic costs from regular cigar use in the United States, 2010," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 104(9), pages 86-91.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Lauren R. Pacek & Michael D. Sawdey & Kimberly H. Nguyen & Maria Cooper & Eunice Park-Lee & Amy L. Gross & Elisabeth A. Donaldson & Karen A. Cullen, 2023. "Trends and Associations of Past-30-Day Cigar Smoking in the U.S. by Age, Race/Ethnicity, and Sex, NSDUH 2002–2020," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(18), pages 1-16, September.
    2. Aaron Broun & Lilianna Phan & Danielle A. Duarte & Aniruddh Ajith & Bambi Jewett & Erin L. Mead-Morse & Kelvin Choi & Julia Chen-Sankey, 2022. "Physical and Sociocultural Community-Level Influences on Cigar Smoking among Black Young Adults: An In-Depth Interview Investigation," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(8), pages 1-15, April.
    3. Kristen L. Jarman & Sarah D. Kowitt & Jennifer Cornacchione Ross & Adam O. Goldstein, 2017. "Are Some of the Cigar Warnings Mandated in the U.S. More Believable Than Others?," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 14(11), pages 1-9, November.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:16:y:2019:i:18:p:3234-:d:263873. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.