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. 2021 Jun 7;23(11):1911–1920. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntab121

Table 3.

Transitions of Age 18–24 Menthol Smokers in the Next 2 Years Under the Status Quo and a Menthol Ban, Total and African American Population (% Transitions)

Product type Total population African American population
Status Quo Menthol Ban Net effectsa Status Quo Menthol Ban Net effectsa
Mean Mean Mean Min Max Mean Mean Mean Min Max
Continue to be menthol cigarette smokers (exclusively or with other products) 70.2 79.6
Switch to nonmenthol cigarettes (exclusively or with other products, except menthol cigarettes) 6.9 40.3 3.2 35.1
Switch to cigars, especially little cigars, filtered cigars, or cigarillos (exclusively or with other products, but not cigarettes) 3.5 4.7
Switch to nonmenthol cigars, especially little cigars, filtered cigars, or cigarillos (exclusively or with other products, but not cigarettes) 3.7 8.9
Switch to illicit menthol cigarette or cigar use 6.5 7.6
Total combustible use b 80.6 50.5 −30.1 −60 −10 87.5 51.6 −35.9 −53.0 −90.0
Switch to exclusive smokeless tobacco or other oral tobacco products 1.5 3.7 2.2 −1.0 7.0 0.5 1.6 1.1 1.0 0.0
Switch to novel nicotine delivery products, such as e-cigarettes or heated tobacco products (exclusively or combined with other products, but not cigarettes or cigars) 8.5 24.1 15.6 0.0 26.0 4.2 21.6 17.4 19.0 −1.0
Quit regular use of all tobacco or novel nicotine delivery products 9.4 21.7 12.3 2.0 40.0 7.8 25.2 17.4 8.0 0.0

aNet effects are measured as the mean of the differences between the transitions from menthol cigarette use in the Status Quo and transitions under a Menthol Ban Scenarios.

bTotal combustible use is the sum of all the transitions to all combustible products, cigarettes, cigars, and illicit products.