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Relevant news and research: Menthol

Buszkiewicz, J. H., Patel, A., Cook, S. and Fleischer, N. L. (2025). Longitudinal association of exclusive and dual use of menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars with cigarette and cigar smoking cessation among U.S. adults - population assessment of tobacco and health study waves 1-5 (2013-2019). Drug Alcohol Depend, 112906. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41046661


Farhoudian, A., Pallera, J. A. and Assari, S. (2025). From Menthol Cigarettes to Flavored Hookah: The Urgent Need for Stronger Policies. Iran J Psychiatry Behav Sci, 3. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41064637


Sakhuja, M., Farris, S., Vereen, R. N., Sheldon, J. M., Ojukwu, C., Saint-Phard, E., Mills, S. D., Rosario, C., Ribisl, K. M., Lazard, A. J., Sheeran, P., Brewer, N. T. and Hall, M. G. (2025). Perceptions of a Menthol Cigarette Ban: Focus Group Study With US Adults who Smoke Menthol Cigarettes. Am J Health Promot, 8901171251388871. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41104740


Cohn, A. M., Frank-Pearce, S., Elmasry, H., Denlinger-Apte, R. L., Ghosh, R., Donny, E., Villanti, A. C., Hatsukami, D., Dunn, D., Wyatt, R., Niznik, T. G., Smith, M. A., Brown, A., Gilford, C., Joslin, S., Wilson, M., Ehlke, S. J. and Cassidy, R. N. (2025). Greater appeal and greater harm? Young adults' preference for menthol vs non-menthol very low nicotine cigarettes in a cross-over trial. Am J Prev Med, 108037. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40783090


Haynes, A., Nuss, T., Gascoyne, C., Wakefield, M. A., Durkin, S. J. and Brennan, E. (2025). Testing public communications about tobacco product bans: an online experiment with Australian adults who smoke. Tob Control. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40830073


Kyriakos, C. N., Kong, G., Sharma, A., Morean, M. E., Suttiratana, S. C. and Bold, K. W. (2025). Menthol cigarette alternative products: Awareness, use, and substitution intentions among adults who smoke menthol cigarettes. Addict Behav, 108470. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40876183


Campbell, J. A., Walker, R. J. and Egede, L. E. (2025). Structural Racism, Menthol Cigarettes, and Incident Lung Cancer Among Black Adults-Need to Revisit Evidence-Based Guidelines. JAMA Netw Open, 7, e2518490. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40591362


Ganz, O., Villanti, A. C., Altunbilek, A., Johnson, A., Garmon, J., Wackowski, O. A. and Sterling, K. L. (2025). Tobacco Company Efforts to Persuade Consumers to Fight the Proposed Federal Menthol Cigarette and Flavored Cigar Bans in the United States. Am J Public Health, 8, 1206-1210. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40633013


Lin, T., Singer, J. M. and Roberts, M. E. (2025). Community Perceptions of Flavor Restriction Policies: A Scoping Review of Disaggregated Outcomes. Nicotine Tob Res. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40728302


Delnevo, C. D., Giovenco, D. P. and Villanti, A. C. (2025). Trends in menthol and non-menthol cigarette consumption in the US: 2009-2024. Tob Control. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40533185


Arnold, M. J., Leavens, E. L. S., Cox, L. S., Brown, A., Mayo, M. S., Baldwin, N. L., Nguyen, T. A. and Nollen, N. L. (2025). Perceptions of a Menthol Cigarette and Flavored Cigar Ban in Black and White Adults in the United States who Smoke Menthol Cigarettes and Factors Associated with Ban Opposition or Ambivalence. medRxiv. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40313287


Claus, E. D., McDonald, J., Dolan, S. B., Jackson, K. J., Gahl, R., Wang, J., Paredes, A. and Meredith, S. (2025). The effects of menthol content on the abuse liability of smokeless tobacco in a randomized crossover trial. J Psychopharmacol, 2.69881E+15. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40336202


Quisenberry, A. J., John, L., O'Connor, R. and Klein, E. G. (2025). Hypothetical demand for menthol and non-menthol cigarettes and substitution among people who smoke menthol cigarettes: A within subjects between group randomized controlled trial using the experimental tobacco marketplace. Drug Alcohol Depend, 112667. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40203666


Robson, D., Kyriakos, C. N., McNeill, A., Harrington, S., Page, M., O'Connor, R. J., Robins, J. and Goniewicz, M. L. (2025). Menthol Characterizing Flavors in Cigarettes on Sale in England After a Characterizing Flavor Ban: Findings From Sensory and Chemical Assessments. Nicotine Tob Res. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40227605


Sheikhattari, P., Barsha, R. A. A. and Assari, S. (2025). Lower Successful Quit Rate of Menthol Tobacco Users in a Tobacco Cessation Program: An Explanatory Analysis in Search of Potential Mechanisms. Glob J Cardiovasc Dis, 1, 70-78. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40191286


Wright, E. E., Tewolde, E., El-Hellani, A. and Song, M. A. (2025). Tobacco use behaviors in response to menthol restriction: A scoping review. Tob Induc Dis. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40026696


Bandi, P., Newton, C., Xue, Z., Thomson, B., Asare, S., Patel, M., Islami, F., Nargis, N., Patel, A. V., Jemal, A., Westmaas, J. L. and Diver, W. R. (2025). Association of menthol-flavoured cigarette smoking with all-cause and cause-specific mortality risk. Tob Control. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39947700


Kenkel, D., Mathios, A., Phillips, G., Suryanarayana, R., Wang, H. and Zeng, S. (2025). Understanding the Demand-Side of an Illegal Market: A Case Study of the Prohibition of Menthol Cigarettes. Health Econ. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39967408


Neptune, E. and Brown, J. L. (2025). The Politicization of a Menthol Cigarette Ban in the United States: What the Medical and Public Health Workforce Can Do to Support Evidence-Based Policymaking. Chest, 2, 324-326. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39939057


Ozga, J. E., Bold, K. W., Giovenco, D. P., Villanti, A. C., Unger, J. B., Leventhal, A. and Stanton, C. (2025). Recommended self-report measures for use of menthol, mint and cooling-flavoured nicotine and tobacco products. Tob Control. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39947699


Wolkowicz, N. R., Parida, S., Gueorguieva, R. and Sofuoglu, M. (2025). Switching from menthol to non-menthol cigarettes does not impact acute responses to intravenous nicotine. Pharmacol Biochem Behav, 173985. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40010441


Choi, K., Hamilton-Moseley, K. R., Phan, L., Azeem, A., Jewett, B., Zarei, K. and Hacker, K. (2025). Knowledge and Use of Menthol-Mimicking Cigarettes Among Adults in the US. JAMA Netw Open, 1, e2454608. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39808430


Christensen, J. (2025). Trump administration withdraws proposed menthol ban. CNN Health. Available from: https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/24/health/trump-administration-withdraws-proposed-menthol-ban/index.html


Encinosa, W. and Valdez, R. B. (2025). Menthol Cigarettes and Maternal Health: 2004-2022. J Womens Health (Larchmt). Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39786983


Stroud, L. R., Gautam, P., Jao, N. C. and Sharma, E. (2025). Menthol cigarette use in US pregnancies: Prevalence, racial/ethnic disparities, and associated characteristics from the 2010-2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). Nicotine Tob Res. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39869405


Zimmerman, J. B., Erythropel, H. C., Muellers, T. D., Petrovic, P. V., O'Malley, S. S., Krishnan-Sarin, S., Jabba, S. V., Jordt, S. E. and Anastas, P. T. (2025). Evading Menthol Bans through Chemistry: The tobacco industry illustrates why we need to overhaul the way we regulate chemicals. Sci Am, 1, 71. Available from: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-tobacco-companies-use-chemistry-to-get-around-menthol-bans/


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