@article{3104241,
    title = "Cessation behaviours among smokers of menthol and flavoured cigarettes following the implementation of the EU Tobacco Products Directive: findings from the EUREST-PLUS ITC Europe Surveys",
    author = "Zatoński, M. and Herbeć, A. and Zatoński, W. and Janik-Koncewicz, K. and Driezen, P. and Demjén, T. and Fernández, E. and Fong, G.T. and Quah, A.C.K. and Kyriakos, C.N. and Mcneill, A. and Willemsen, M. and Mons, U. and Tountas, Y. and Trofor, A.C. and Vardavas, C.I. and Przewoźniak, K. and Glahn, A. and Nguyen, D. and Nikitara, K. and Radu-Loghin, C. and Starchenko, P. and Tsatsakis, A. and Girvalaki, C. and Igoumenaki, C. and Papadakis, S. and Papathanasaki, A. and Tzatzarakis, M. and Vardavas, A.I. and Bécuwe, N. and Deaconu, L. and Goudet, S. and Hanley, C. and Rivière, O. and Kiss, J. and Kovacs, A.P. and Castellano, Y. and Fu, M. and Nogueira, S.O. and Tigova, O. and East, K. and Hitchman, S.C. and Kahnert, S. and Behrakis, P. and Filippidis, F.T. and Gratziou, C. and Katsaounou, P. and Peleki, T. and Petroulia, I. and Tzavara, C. and Eremia, M. and Lotrean, L. and Mihaltan, F. and Rohde, G. and Asano, T. and Cichon, C. and Far, A. and Genton, C. and Jessner, M. and Hedman, L. and Janson, C. and Lindberg, A. and Maguire, B. and Ravara, S. and Vaccaro, V. and Ward, B. and De Vries, H. and Hummel, K. and Nagelhout, G.E. and Agar, T.K. and Gravely, S. and Thompson, M.E.",
    journal = "Central European Journal of Public Health",
    year = "2020",
    volume = "30",
    pages = "III34-III37",
    publisher = "Oxford University Press",
    issn = "1210-7778",
    doi = "10.1093/eurpub/ckaa050",
    abstract = "The European Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) introduced a ban on characterizing flavours in cigarettes (2016), including menthol (2020). The longitudinal data analysis of the EUREST-PLUS International Tobacco Control (ITC) Project Europe Surveys (n ¼ 16 534; Wave 1 in 2016 and Wave 2 in 2018) found significant but small declines in the weighted prevalence of menthol (by 0.94%; P ¼ 0.041) and other flavoured cigarette use (by 1.32%; P < 0.001) following the 2016 TPD. The declines tended to be driven primarily by the menthol and flavoured cigarette (MFC) smokers switching to unflavoured tobacco. Cigarette consumption declined between waves, but there were no statistically significant difference in decline between MFC and unflavoured tobacco smokers on smoking and cessation behaviours between the waves. © The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Public Health Association. All rights reserved."
}