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Illegal Experimental Tobacco Marketplace II: effects of vaping product bans - findings from the 2020 International Tobacco Control Project.
Tob Control. 2022 11; 31(Suppl 3):s214-s222.TC

Abstract

SIGNIFICANCE

Restrictive e-cigarette policies may increase purchases from illegal sources. The Illegal Experimental Tobacco Marketplace (IETM) allows examination of how restrictions impact illegal purchases. We investigated (1) the effect of a vaping ban, total flavour vaping ban and partial flavour vaping ban on the probability of purchasing illegal vaping products among different regulatory environments (USA, Canada and England) and tobacco user types (cigarette smokers, dual users and e-cigarette users); and (2) the relation between ban endorsement and illegal purchases.

METHODS

Participants (N=459) from the International Tobacco Control Survey rated their support of bans and chose to purchase from a hypothetical legal experimental tobacco marketplace or IETM under control and the three ban conditions.

RESULTS

In total, 25% of cigarette smokers, 67% of dual users and 79% of e-cigarette users made IETM purchases. Cross-country comparisons depicted dual users from Canada (OR: 19.8), and e-cigarette users from the USA (OR: 12.9) exhibited higher illegal purchases odds than the same user type in England. Within-country comparisons showed e-cigarette and dual users are more likely to purchase from the IETM than cigarette smokers in the most restrictive condition, with the largest effects in e-cigarette users (England-OR: 1722.6, USA-OR: 22725.3, Canada-OR: 6125.0). Increased opposition towards partial or total flavour ban was associated with increased IETM purchasing in the corresponding condition.

CONCLUSIONS

Vaping restrictions may shift users' preference to the illegal marketplace in a regulatory environment. Evidence of the IETM generalisability in a geographically dispersed sample enhances its utility in tobacco regulatory science.

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Freitas-Lemos R
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, Roanoke, Virginia, USA.
Stein JS
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, Roanoke, Virginia, USA.
Tegge AN
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, Roanoke, Virginia, USA.
Kaplan BA
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
Heckman BW
Center for the Study of Social Determinants on Health, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
McNeill A
UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies, National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, UK.
Cummings KM
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
Fong GT
Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Bickel WK
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, Roanoke, Virginia, USA wkbickel@vtc.vt.edu.

MeSH

HumansVapingElectronic Nicotine Delivery SystemsTobaccoTobacco ProductsSmokersFlavoring Agents

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Language

eng

PubMed ID

36328461

Citation

Freitas-Lemos, Roberta, et al. "Illegal Experimental Tobacco Marketplace II: Effects of Vaping Product Bans - Findings From the 2020 International Tobacco Control Project." Tobacco Control, vol. 31, no. Suppl 3, 2022, pp. s214-s222.
Freitas-Lemos R, Stein JS, Tegge AN, et al. Illegal Experimental Tobacco Marketplace II: effects of vaping product bans - findings from the 2020 International Tobacco Control Project. Tob Control. 2022;31(Suppl 3):s214-s222.
Freitas-Lemos, R., Stein, J. S., Tegge, A. N., Kaplan, B. A., Heckman, B. W., McNeill, A., Cummings, K. M., Fong, G. T., & Bickel, W. K. (2022). Illegal Experimental Tobacco Marketplace II: effects of vaping product bans - findings from the 2020 International Tobacco Control Project. Tobacco Control, 31(Suppl 3), s214-s222. https://doi.org/10.1136/tc-2022-057515
Freitas-Lemos R, et al. Illegal Experimental Tobacco Marketplace II: Effects of Vaping Product Bans - Findings From the 2020 International Tobacco Control Project. Tob Control. 2022;31(Suppl 3):s214-s222. PubMed PMID: 36328461.
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