Associations between pre-ban menthol smoking status and post-ban smoking behaviour
| Post-ban use of menthol cigarettes | Post-ban use of non-menthol cigarettes | Post-ban quit smoking | ||||
| % (95% CI) | aOR (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | aOR (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | aOR (95% CI) | |
| Pre-ban smokers (overall) | ||||||
| Menthol smoker | 19.5 (13.2 to 27.7) | 24.90 (11.6 to 53.7)*** | 59.1 (49.5 to 68.0) | 0.23 (0.14 to 0.37)*** | 21.5 (14.4 to 30.8) | 1.72 (0.98 to 3.01) |
| Non-menthol smoker | 1.1 (0.6 to 2.1) | 84.9 (82.1 to 87.3) | 14.0 (11.7 to 16.7) | |||
| Pre-ban daily smokers | ||||||
| Menthol smoker | 21.0 (13.8 to 31.7) | 29.2 (10.9 to 77.8)*** | 58.1 (47.7 to 68.0) | 0.17 (0.10 to 0.30)*** | 21.0 (13.2 to 31.6) | 2.21 (1.15 to 4.24)* |
| Non-menthol smoker | 1.0 (0.5 to 2.3) | 87.4 (84.4 to 89.9) | 11.6 (9.2 to 14.5) | |||
| Pre-ban non-daily smokers | ||||||
| Menthol smoker | 13.1 (5.5 to 27.8) | 43.25 (7.67 to 244.0)*** | 63.7 (43.0 to 80.3) | 0.63 (0.24 to 1.66) | 23.3 (10.7 to 43.3) | 0.65 (0.24 to 1.80) |
| Non-menthol smoker | 1.2 (0.4 to 3.6) | 73.7 (64.7 to 81.1) | 25.1 (17.8 to 34.1) | |||
Significance levels: *p<0.05; ***p<0.001.
aOR, adjusted OR; CI, confidence interval.