Flavour types used by youth and adult tobacco users in wave 2 of the Population assessment of Tobacco and health (PaTh) Study 2014-2015.

The document presents an analysis of the flavored tobacco products used by adults. The data is based on the second wave of the International Tobacco Control Surveys. The authors focused on established and recent former established smokers and users who reported a brand/sub-brand and self-reported flavor use and flavor type of their brand. For hookah, analyses of users include current established, recent former established, current experimental, and past 30-day users who reported a brand/sub-brand and self-reported flavor use and flavor type of their brand.

The document highlights the weighted frequency of specific brands among current and recent former established users of the specific product. The authors used red bold underline to indicate "flavored" brands and blue bold Italics to represent brands with "unknown" flavor status. The analysis also provides a list of the top ten expert-coded primary flavors for each product by frequency of use. The denominator of flavor status is the row sample size (weighted), and the denominator is the number of respondents indicating their product was flavored (any flavor; weighted). The estimates are based on a denominator sample size of less than 50, or the relative standard error (RSE) of the estimate or its complement is greater than 30%, and these are represented as dashes (-).

Overall, the document provides valuable information on the use of flavored tobacco products among adult smokers and users, which can help inform policy decisions and public health interventions.

Rose SW, Johnson aL, Glasser aM, et al. Flavour types used by youth and adult tobacco users in wave 2 of the Population assessment of Tobacco and health (PaTh) Study 2014-2015. Tobacco control. 2020;29(4):432-446. doi:10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2018-054852