Table 1.
Percentage of quitters among adult smokers from the pooled analysis (7 provinces from ITC Survey + Ontario from Ontario Study) | Effect size of Canadian Menthol Ban Applied to All US Adult Menthol Smokers | Effect size of Canadian Menthol Ban Applied to African American Adult Menthol Smokers | |||||
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Mainly menthol | Non-menthol | Difference: Menthol ban effect size (95% CI) | All Smokers (95% CI) | Daily Smokers Only (95% CI) | All Smokers (95% CI) | Daily Smokers Only (95% CI) | |
NSDUH 2019: Number of US Adult Menthol Smokers | N/A | N/A | N/A | 18,328,597 | 9,871,550 | 5,222,907 | 2,496,650 |
Quit success: Daily smokers | 21.2% | 13.2% | 8.0% (2.4%–13.7%)* | N/A | 789,724 (236,917–1,352,402) | N/A | 199,732 (59,920–342,041) |
Quit success: All Smokers (Daily + Non-Daily) | 22.3% | 15.0% | 7.3% (2.1%–12.5%)** | 1,337,988 (384,901–2,291,075) | N/A | 381,272 (109,681–652,863) | N/A |
p =0.005
p = 0.006
Mainly menthol smokers: respondents who reported smoking menthol cigarettes “frequently” (Ontario Study) or reported a menthol brand as their usual brand (ITC Survey). Definition of “frequent” use of menthol is provided in Supplemental Table 1.
Quit success: Wave 1 smokers who reported at Wave 2 that they were not smoking at all.
Implementation of menthol cigarette bans in the 7 provinces included in analysis of the ITC Canada Survey data: Quebec (August 26, 2016), Ontario (January 1, 2017), Prince Edward Island (May 1, 2017), Newfoundland and Labrador (July 1, 2017), British Columbia (October 2, 2017), Saskatchewan (October 2, 2017), and Manitoba (October 2, 2017).