Table 2.
Prevalence (%) of tobacco or vaping products before and after the flavor ban.
| 18–24 years (N = 62) |
25–34 years (N = 185) |
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| Before the ban | After the ban | Difference (95% CI) | Before the ban | After the ban | Difference (95% CI) | ||
| Any tobacco products | 100 | 82.3 | −17.7 (−27.5, −8.0) *** | 100 | 92.4 | −7.6 (−11.4, −3.7) *** | |
| Any smoking products including cigarettes and cigars | 43.6 | 43.6 | 0 (−10.43, 10.3) | 68.7 | 67.0 | −1.6 (−7.2, 3.9) | |
| Any flavored tobacco products | 80.7 | 69.4 | −11.3 (–23.6,1.0)* | 84.9 | 76.2 | −8.6 (−14.0, −3.3) *** | |
| Cigarettes | Any | 27.4 | 37.1 | 9.7 (−1.3, 20.7) * | 57.8 | 58.4 | 0.5 (−5.6, 6.7) |
| Menthol flavor | 14.5 | 19.4 | 4.8 (−3.7, 13.4) | 38.9 | 38.4 | 0.5 (−6.1, 5.0) | |
| Non-flavored | 17.7 | 21 | 3.2 (−4.7, 11.2) | 29.2 | 29.7 | −0.5 (−5.2, 6.3) | |
| E-cigarettes | Any | 56.5 | 46.8 | −9.7 (−21.6, 2.2) | 60 | 50.8 | −9.2 (−15.4, −3.0)*** |
| Any flavors | 56.5 | 45.2 | −11.3 (–22.7, 0.07) * | 56.2 | 48.1 | −8.1 (−14.7, −5.0)** | |
| Menthol flavor | 19.4 | 12.9 | −6.4 (−16.6, 3.7) | 26.5 | 24.9 | −1.6 (−7.0, 3.7) | |
| Tobacco flavor | 11.3 | 3.2 | −8.1 (−16.4, 0.3) * | 13.5 | 17.3 | 3.8 (−1.3, 8.9) | |
| Any flavors than menthol and tobacco | 43.6 | 38.7 | −4.8 (−14.5, 4.8) | 35.1 | 27 | −8.1 (−13.5, −2.7)*** | |
| Non-flavored | 1.6 | 1.6 | 0 (−4.6, 4.6) | 8.7 | 7.6 | −1.1 (−5.4, 3.2) | |
| Cigars (incl. cigars, little cigars, cigarillos) | Any | 22.6 | 12.9 | −9.7 (−20.7, 1.3) * | 22.7 | 19.5 | −3.2 (−9.1, 2.6) |
| Flavored | 19.4 | 6.5 | −12.9 (–23.7, −2.1)** | 16.2 | 13 | −3.2 (−9.3, 2.8) | |
| Non-flavored | 8.1 | 8.1 | 0 (−9.2, 9.2) | 11.4 | 8.7 | −2.7 (−7.1, 1.7) | |
| Hookah | Any | 24.2 | 24.2 | 0 (−11.2, 11.3) | 24.2 | 21.6 | −1.6 (−7.4, 4.1) |
| Flavored | 19.4 | 21 | 1.6 (−10.1, 13.3) | 21.6 | 20 | −1.6 (−7.8, 4.5) | |
| Non-flavored | 8.1 | 3.2 | −4.8 (−12.0, 2.3) | 7 | 3.8 | −3.2 (−7.2, 0.7) | |
| Smokeless/dissolvable tobacco products | Any | 6.5 | 8.1 | 1.6 (−5.7, 8.9) | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.0 (−3.0, 3.0) |
| Flavored | 3.2 | 8.1 | 4.8 (−2.3, 12.0) | 3.8 | 4.9 | 1.1 (−1.9, 4.1) | |
| Non-flavored | 4.8 | 0 | −4.8 (−10.3, 0.7) * | 2.7 | 2.7 | 0.0 (−2.1, 2.1) | |
| Exclusive use | Cigarettes | 9.7 | 12.9 | 3.2 (−4.7, 11.2) | 22.2 | 22.7 | 0.5 (−3.6, 4.7) |
| E-cigarettes | 33.9 | 24.2 | −9.7 (−20.7, 13.1) * | 22.2 | 19.5 | −2.7 (−8.0, 2.6) | |
| Cigars | 4.8 | 1.6 | −3.2 (−7.8, 13.0) | 4.3 | 4.9 | 0.5 (−3.0, 4.1) | |
| Hookah | 6.5 | 8.1 | 1.6 (−5.6, 8.8) | 3.2 | 2.7 | −0.5 (−2.9, 1.9) | |
| Smokeless/dissolvables | 3.2 | 1.6 | −1.6 (−4.8, 1.6) | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.5 (−0.5, 1.6) | |
| Dual use and poly-use | Cigarettes & e-cigarettes | 11.3 | 12.9 | 1.6 (−4, 7.2) | 28.6 | 26.5 | −2.2 (−7.8, 3.5) |
| Cigarettes & cigars | 6.4 | 6.4 | 0 (−8.0, 8.0) | 11.9 | 10.8 | −1.1 (−5.4, 3.2) | |
| E-cigarettes & cigars | 8.1 | 6.4 | −1.6 (−8.9, 5.7) | 14.1 | 9.7 | −4.3 (−8.6, −0.1)** | |
| Cigarettes, e-cigarettes, & cigars | 1.6 | 1.6 | 0 (−4.6, 4.6) | 9.7 | 7.0 | −2.7 (−6.2, 0.8) | |
Note: boldface indicates statistical significance, with * for P < 0.1, ** for P < 0.05, and *** for P < 0.01.