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Associations between Black and Mild Cigar Pack Size and Demographics and Tobacco Use Behaviors among US Adults

Pack size is an important pricing strategy for the tobacco industry, but there is limited data on how users differ based on preferred pack size for cigar products. Using data from Wave 4 of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study, this study identified differences in adult cigar user c...

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Autores principales: Ganz, Ollie, King, Jessica L., Giovenco, Daniel P., Hrywna, Mary, Strasser, Andrew A., Delnevo, Cristine D.
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Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8296399/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34202992
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126628
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author Ganz, Ollie
King, Jessica L.
Giovenco, Daniel P.
Hrywna, Mary
Strasser, Andrew A.
Delnevo, Cristine D.
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description Pack size is an important pricing strategy for the tobacco industry, but there is limited data on how users differ based on preferred pack size for cigar products. Using data from Wave 4 of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study, this study identified differences in adult cigar user characteristics based on pack size purchasing behavior among users of a top cigar brand, Black and Mild. Weighted chi-square tests were used to examine the associations between Black and Mild pack size and sociodemographic, cigar and other substance use characteristics. Overall, our study found that users of Black and Mild cigars differ by demographic, cigar and other tobacco use characteristics based on preferred pack size, with smaller packs appealing to younger, female, less-experienced and less-established smokers, and larger packs appealing to older, male, more experienced, and more dependent cigar smokers. Dual use of cigarettes and cigars was also higher among users of smaller packs. While this study is cross-sectional, findings suggest that minimum packaging laws for cigars may impact younger adults who are purchasing smaller pack sizes and likely experimenting with new cigar products and styles.
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spelling pubmed-82963992021-07-23 Associations between Black and Mild Cigar Pack Size and Demographics and Tobacco Use Behaviors among US Adults Ganz, Ollie King, Jessica L. Giovenco, Daniel P. Hrywna, Mary Strasser, Andrew A. Delnevo, Cristine D. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Pack size is an important pricing strategy for the tobacco industry, but there is limited data on how users differ based on preferred pack size for cigar products. Using data from Wave 4 of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study, this study identified differences in adult cigar user characteristics based on pack size purchasing behavior among users of a top cigar brand, Black and Mild. Weighted chi-square tests were used to examine the associations between Black and Mild pack size and sociodemographic, cigar and other substance use characteristics. Overall, our study found that users of Black and Mild cigars differ by demographic, cigar and other tobacco use characteristics based on preferred pack size, with smaller packs appealing to younger, female, less-experienced and less-established smokers, and larger packs appealing to older, male, more experienced, and more dependent cigar smokers. Dual use of cigarettes and cigars was also higher among users of smaller packs. While this study is cross-sectional, findings suggest that minimum packaging laws for cigars may impact younger adults who are purchasing smaller pack sizes and likely experimenting with new cigar products and styles. MDPI 2021-06-20 /pmc/articles/PMC8296399/ /pubmed/34202992 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126628 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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