Table 3.

Menthol and Cigarette Smoking Frequency among Adolescent Cigarette Smokers (NYTS, 2017–2020; n = 2699).

	Frequency of Cigarette Smoking (in Days per Month)a
	Relative to 1 to 5 Days Per Month
	Adjusted Relative Risk Ratio (95% Confidence Interval) 6 to 19 Days Per Month	Adjusted Relative Risk Ratio (95% Confidence Interval) 20–30 Days Per Month
Cigarette Type
Non-Menthol	1.00 (Referent)	1.00 (Referent)
Menthol	1.35* (1.01–1.80)	1.90*** (1.41–2.54)
Sex
Males	1.00 (Referent)	1.00 (Referent)
Female	0.90 (0.69–1.18)	0.93 (0.74–1.17)
Grade
Middle School	1.00 (Referent)	1.00 (Referent)
High School	1.49* (1.03–2.18)	1.42* (1.02–1.98)
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White	1.00 (Referent)	1.00 (Referent)
Hispanic/Latino	1.03 (0.75–1.42)	0.89 (0.67–1.19)
Non-Hispanic, Black	0.91 (0.57–1.47)	1.27 (0.74–2.18)
Otherb	0.85 (0.56–1.30)	1.15 (0.74–1.78)
Other Tobacco Use
Yesc	1.49 (0.94–2.36)	2.07** (1.35–3.19)
Year
2017	1.00 (Referent)	1.00 (Referent)
2018	0.94 (0.71–1.26)	1.13 (0.84–1.53)
2019	0.81 (0.55–1.20)	1.47 (0.99–2.17)
2020	0.94 (0.59–1.49)	1.00 (0.66–1.52)

^aReferent Group was 1 to 5 Days Per Month.

^b“Other” is where a response was “Asian, non-Hispanic”, “American Indian/Alaska Native, non-Hispanic;” or “native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islanders, non-Hispanic”.

^cPast 30-day use of electronic cigarettes, cigars, cigarillos, little cigars, pipe tobacco, bidis, snus, dissolvable, and hookah.