A growing number of jurisdictions are restricting flavours in tobacco and vaping products in an effort to reduce initiation among young people. The types of flavour restrictions vary across jurisdictions: in some cases flavours are only restricted in tobacco products or e-cigarettes, in other cases restrictions apply to both. Restrictions also vary in the types of flavours that are prohibited. For example, menthol is included among prohibited flavours in some policies and exempted in others.
Our research has examined public support for flavour restrictions, the impact of tobacco and vaping flavour policies among youth and adults, and ways in which tobacco and vaping companies alter their products in response to flavour restrictions.
Recent papers on tobacco and vaping flavours
Use of menthol cigarettes and accessories among youth who smoked after the menthol cigarette ban in England and Canada, 2021: Implications for health equity.
Kyriakos CN, Filippidis FT, East KA, Reid JL, Driezen P, Hammond D. Nicotine & Tobacco Research; 2024; 26(Supplement 2):S133-S142. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntad112.
Use of flavored cannabis vaping products in the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand: Findings from the International Cannabis Policy Study Wave 4 (2021).
D’Mello K, Chan GCK, Hall W, Rychert M, Wilkins C, Hammond D. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse 2023; 49(5): 640-651.
Youth Use of e-Cigarette Flavor and Device Combinations and Brands Before vs After FDA Enforcement.
Kasza KA, Hammond D, Reid JL, Rivard C, Hyland A. JAMA Netw Open 2023; 6(8):e2328805.
Use of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems or Cigarette Smoking After US Food and Drug Administration–Prioritized Enforcement Against Fruit-Flavored Cartridges.
Kasza KA, Rivard C, Seo YS, Reid JL, Gravely S, Fong GT, Hammond D, Hyland A. JAMA Netw Open 2023; 6(6):e2321109.
Electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) flavors and devices used by adults before and after the 2020 US FDA ENDS enforcement priority: Findings from the 2018 and 2020 US ITC Smoking and Vaping Surveys.
Gravely S, Meng G, Hammond D, Reid JL, Hyland A, Cummings KM, Rivard C, Fong GT, Seo Y, Kasza KA. Tobacco Control 2022; 31: s167–s175.
E-cigarette and tobacco product use among NYS youth before and after a state-wide vaping flavour restriction policy, 2020–2021.
Schneller LM, Kasza KA, Hammond D, Bansal Travers M, O’Connor R, Hyland A. Tobacco Control 2022; 31: s161–s166.
E-cigarette flavors, devices and brands used by youths before and after partial flavor restrictions in the United States: Canada, England, and the United States, 2017-2020.
Hammond D, Reid JL, Burkhalter R, Bansal Travers M, Gravely S, Hyland A, Kasza K, McNeill A. American Journal of Public Health 2022; 112(7): 1014-1024.
Evaluating the impact of the menthol cigarette ban in England by comparing menthol cigarette smoking among youth in England, Canada, and the US from 2018-2020.
East K, Reid JL, Burkhalter R, Kock L, Hyland A, Fong GT, Hammond D. JAMA Network Open 2022; 5(5): e2210029.
Nicotine content, labelling, and flavours of e-cigarettes in Canada in 2020: a scan of the online retail market.
D’Mello K, Hammond D, Mahamad S, Wiggers, D, East K. Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada 2022; 42(1): 4-11.
Responses to potential nicotine vaping product flavor restrictions among regular vapers using non-tobacco flavors: Findings from the 2020 ITC Smoking and Vaping Survey in Canada, England and the United States.
Gravely S, Smith DM, Liber AC, Cummings KM, East KA, Hammond D, Hyland A, O’Conoor RJ, Kasza KA, Quah ACK, Loewen R, Martin N, Meng
