@article {Rose432, author = {Shyanika W Rose and Amanda L Johnson and Allison M Glasser and Andrea C Villanti and Bridget K Ambrose and Kevin Conway and K. Michael Cummings and Cassandra A. Stanton and Cristine Delnevo and Olivia A Wackowski and Kathryn C Edwards and Shari P Feirman and Maansi Bansal-Travers and Jennifer Bernat and Enver Holder-Hayes and Victoria Green and Marushka L Silveira and Yitong Zhou and Haneen Abudayyeh and Andrew Hyland}, title = {Flavour types used by youth and adult tobacco users in wave 2 of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study 2014{\textendash}2015}, volume = {29}, number = {4}, pages = {432--446}, year = {2020}, doi = {10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2018-054852}, publisher = {BMJ Publishing Group Ltd}, abstract = {Background Most youth and young adult (YA) tobacco users use flavoured products; however, little is known about specific flavours used.Methods We report flavour types among US tobacco users from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study, wave 2, 2014{\textendash}2015. At wave 2, we examined (1) flavour use and type at past 30-day use; (2) new flavoured tobacco product use and type; (3) product-specific flavour patterns across youth (ages 12{\textendash}17) (n=920), YA (18{\textendash}24) (n=3726) and adult (25+) (n=10 346) past 30-day and new tobacco users and (4) concordance between self-coded and expert-coded brand flavour type among all adults (18+).Results Prevalence of flavoured tobacco product use was highest among youth, followed by YA and adult 25+ any tobacco users. Within each age group, flavoured use was greatest among hookah, e-cigarette and snus users. Overall, menthol/mint, fruit and candy/sweet were the most prevalent flavour types at first and past 30-day use across age groups. For past 30-day use, all flavour types except menthol/mint exhibited an inverse age gradient, with more prevalent use among youth and YAs, followed by adults 25+. Prevalence of menthol/mint use was high (over 50\% youth, YAs; 76\% adults 25+) and exhibited a positive age gradient overall, though the reverse for cigarettes. Brand-categorised and self-reported flavour use measures among adults 18+ were moderately to substantially concordant across most products.Conclusions Common flavours like menthol/mint, fruit and candy/sweet enhance appeal to young tobacco users. Information on flavour types used by product and age can inform tobacco flavour regulations to addess flavour appeal especially among youth.}, issn = {0964-4563}, URL = {https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/29/4/432}, eprint = {https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/29/4/432.full.pdf}, journal = {Tobacco Control} }