Abstract
This economic evaluation uses wholesale cigarette sales data from manufacturers to compare cigarette sales before and after implementation of provincial and federal bans of menthol cigarettes in Canada.
Highlights
Author affiliations and article information are listed at the end of this article.Research on the implications of menthol cigarette bans is crucial to inform evidence-based decisionmaking and policy changes.[1,2] In Canada, a series of provincial bans were implemented starting inMay 2015, until a federal ban took effect in October 2017
We used wholesale cigarette sales data that were reported to Health Canada by manufacturers, which are required to report by province, each brand of tobacco product, the number of units sold, package sizes, and the value of the units sold pursuant to the Tobacco Reporting Regulations (SOR/2000-273) enacted under the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act
There was no significant trend in overall cigarette sales before implementation of the menthol cigarette bans (0.001%; 95% CI, –0.002% to 0.004%; P = .48)
Summary
Author affiliations and article information are listed at the end of this article.Research on the implications of menthol cigarette bans is crucial to inform evidence-based decisionmaking and policy changes.[1,2] In Canada, a series of provincial bans were implemented starting inMay 2015, until a federal ban took effect in October 2017. Author affiliations and article information are listed at the end of this article. Research on the implications of menthol cigarette bans is crucial to inform evidence-based decisionmaking and policy changes.[1,2] In Canada, a series of provincial bans were implemented starting in. May 2015, until a federal ban took effect in October 2017. We assessed the overall change in cigarette sales associated with the implementation of these menthol cigarette bans across all provinces in Canada between 2010 and 2018
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