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Aims This study examined whether menthol cigarette smoking is related to exposure to smoke‐free home and work‐place policies, availability of cessation services at work and knowledge of cessation resources among current smokers.
Design Secondary analysis was conducted using logistic regression of cross‐sectional data.
Setting The 2003 and 2006/07 Tobacco Use Supplement (TUS) to the Current Population...
Aims This study examines the associations between usual cigarette brand (i.e. menthol, non‐menthol) and markers for nicotine dependence and quitting behaviors.
Design The 2003 and 2006/07 Tobacco Use Supplements to the Current Population Surveys were pooled to conduct secondary data analysis.
Setting National data were collected using in‐person and telephone computer‐assisted interviews by the...
Aims The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between age of cigarette smoking initiation and cigarette purchasing patterns on menthol smoking among current smokers.
Design Secondary analyses were conducted using logistic regression with balanced replicated weights.
Setting Data from the 2003 and 2006/07 Tobacco Use Supplement (TUS) to the Current Population Survey (CPS), collected...
Aim To examine the association between smoking mentholated cigarettes and smoking cessation, separately for different racial/ethnic groups.
Design Secondary data analysis of the 2003 and 2006–07 Tobacco Use Supplements to the Current Population Survey.
Setting United States.
Participants African American, Asian American/Pacific Islander, Hispanic/Latino, Native American, non‐Hispanic white adults...
Aims To examine the relationship between menthol and non‐menthol prices and smoke‐free air laws and the choice between menthol and non‐menthol cigarettes among current smokers.
Design, setting and participants Data were extracted from the nationally representative (USA) 2003 and 2006/07 Tobacco Use Supplements to the Current Population Survey. A total of 57 383 adult smokers (aged 18+) were examined...
Aims To determine whether menthol is related to initiation, quantity or quitting, we examined differences in smoking behaviors among menthol and non‐menthol smokers, stratified by gender and race/ethnicity, and adjusting for age, income and educational attainment.
Design Cross‐sectional, using data from the 2005 National Health Interview Survey and Cancer Control Supplement.
Setting United States...
Aim To examine relationships between the preference for menthol cigarettes and young adult smoking behaviors, including the extent to which state tobacco control policies moderate these relationships.
Design Cross‐sectional design using secondary data from the 2006–07 Tobacco Use Supplements to the Current Population Surveys (TUS CPS) surveys appended with 2006 state‐policy data.
Setting United...
Aim This exploratory study sought to examine the relationships among occupational status, menthol smoking preference and employer‐sponsored smoking cessation programs and policies on quitting behaviors.
Design Data for this cross‐sectional study were obtained from the 2006 Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey (TUS CPS), a large national survey representative of the civilian population,...
Aim To examine the patterns and correlates of mentholated cigarette smoking among adult smokers in the United States.
Design Cross‐sectional data on adult current smokers (n = 63 193) were pooled from the 2003 and 2006/07 Tobacco Use Supplements to the Current Population Survey.
Measurements The associations between socio‐demographic and smoking variables were examined with gender‐ and race/ethnicity‐stratified...
Aims This study examines the relationship between menthol cigarette smoking and the population quit ratio and whether menthol smokers differ in utilization of evidence‐based smoking cessation aids among a nationally representative sample of US adult smokers.
Design, setting and particiants Secondary data analysis of cross‐sectional data from the 2005 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Cancer...
Aims Although the adverse effects of smoking are well known, limited information exists about the overall health profiles of menthol smokers when compared to their non‐menthol smoking counterparts. Using a well‐known nationally representative survey, this study examines differences between self‐reported health characteristics for menthol and non‐menthol smokers.
Design Cross‐sectional data from...
Aims Alcohol use disorders and depression co‐occur frequently and are associated with poorer outcomes than when either condition occurs alone. The present study (Depression and Alcohol Integrated and Single‐focused Interventions; DAISI) aimed to compare the effectiveness of brief intervention, single‐focused and integrated psychological interventions for treatment of coexisting depression and alcohol...
Background In this paper, we describe an analysis of alcohol policy initiatives sponsored by alcohol producer SABMiller and the International Center on Alcohol Policies, an alcohol industry‐funded organization. In a number of sub‐Saharan countries these bodies have promoted a ‘partnership’ role with governments to design national alcohol policies.
Methodology A comparison was conducted of four draft...
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