Through this rule, the FDA aims to reduce the appeal of cigarettes, particularly to youths and young adults, and thereby decrease the likelihood that nonusers who would otherwise experiment with menthol cigarettes would progress to regular smoking and improve the health and reduce the mortality risk of current menthol cigarette smokers by decreasing cigarette consumption and increasing the likelihood of cessation. Bonta claims menthol cigarette use is also disproportionately high among LGBTQ+ smokers, smokers with mental health problems, and socioeconomically disadvantaged populations, and that this flavoring remains a primary reason as to why young people initiate and become addicted to smoking. However, some experts say these concerns are unfounded given that studies focusing on menthol use rates in states and levels of youths smoking fail to draw a correlation between the two
A weighting factor was applied to account for the varying probabilities of sampling each student and to mitigate bias arising from different patterns of non-response
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Psychometric properties of the Minnesota Nicotine Withdrawal Scale: A Korean version
