Table 2.

Post-ban smoking cessation outcomes by pre-ban usual menthol use, among respondents who participated in waves 1–3 of the 2020–2021 ITC Netherlands Surveys,* weighted (N=1322)†

Post-ban outcome	Pre-ban menthol smoker			Pre-ban non-menthol smoker (n=1223)			Comparison
	(n=99)
	n	%	95% CI	n	%	95% CI	% diff	P value
Quit attempt at wave 2 or 3	59	66.9	56.2 to 76.1	504	49.6	46.5 to 52.8	17.3	0.002
Quit at wave 2	17	17.8	11.2 to 27.0	127	10.2	8.6 to 12.1	7.6	0.025
Quit at wave 3	26	26.1	18.3 to 35.8	175	14.1	12.3 to 16.2	12.0	0.002

Statistically significant values are indicated in bold.

*Wave 1 (pre-ban): February–March 2020; menthol ban: May 2020; wave 2 (post-ban): September–November 2020; wave 3 (post-ban): June–July 2021.

†Excludes n=4 respondents who reported ‘don’t know’ as their usual brand flavour.

% diff, per cent difference; ITC, International Tobacco Control.