Ban fruity and mint flavored e-cigarettes

Time： 2023-05-07

Banning fruity and mint e-cigarettes could cut teen use by 70%, study says Researchers at Ohio State University have found that bans may reduce vaping rates. The teen vaping crisis could be nipped in the bud if fruit and menthol flavors are banned.

The teen vaping crisis could be nipped in the bud if fruit and menthol flavors are banned, a study suggests.

Seventy percent of e-cigarette users aged 14 to 21 said they would quit smoking if their e-cigarettes tasted like regular cigarettes.

Banning menthol is crucial, though.

When asked if they would quit vaping entirely if only fruit flavors were banned, only 40% said yes. The US and UK are in the midst of what some are calling a childhood vaping epidemic, with growing reports that classrooms and playgrounds have been turned into clouds of smoke as so many young people become addicted.

In the US, about one in five middle and high school children (2.55 million) admit to using these devices at least once a month.

Researchers at Ohio State University surveyed 1,400 e-cigarette users from across the United States, ages 14 to 21, who had vaped at least once in the past 30 days -- defined as regular use.

Participants indicated their favorite flavors were fruit (45%), which included pineapple lemonade and blueberry and fruit ice (30.5%), or fruit and mint flavors, such as juicy grape ice and banana ice.

In contrast, only one in 10 said they preferred menthol, while three percent said they preferred tobacco.

They were all asked hypothetical questions: If your e-cigarettes only came in tobacco and mint flavors, would you use them?

And: If your e-cigarette only had tobacco flavor, would you use it?

Results showed that 549 adolescents (38.8%) said they would quit under the flavored e-cigarette ban.

But if this were also extended to menthol vaping, 1,001 people (70.8%) said they would stop vaping.

The researchers note in their study that this is hypothetical and cannot prove that young people would actually quit vaping if flavors were banned.

But they added that flavor was clearly important to their interest in and continued use of e-cigarettes. Limitations of the study include that the participants were mostly white and female, meaning the results cannot be generalized to the pediatric population.

It's also possible that kids misunderstood the question and thought the ban only applied to the specific vaping devices they used -- not all flavors, the researchers said.

The study was published in the Journal of Alcohol and Drug Research.

Four U.S. states -- Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and Rhode Island -- have banned flavored e-cigarettes, while California has restricted sales in stores.

However, studies have shown that when bans are in place, they increase the risk of young people switching to smoking instead of vaping.

E-cigarettes were once touted as a healthy alternative to smoking and a great way to help people wean themselves off nicotine.

But mounting evidence suggests they pose similar health risks to smoking and may appeal to a new generation of nicotine users who would not normally smoke cigarettes.

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