Effect of Massachusetts House Bill No. 4196 on electronic cigarette use: a mixed-methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, are devices that deliver nicotine-containing aerosol and were used by 2.8% of American adults in 2017. Many people who smoke cigarettes have used e-cigarettes for smoking cessation, and the general consensus among health providers is that while vaping is not harmless, it is less harmful than smoking. To try to reduce youth e-cigarette use, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts imposed a 75% excise tax on nicotine-containing vaping products and banned the sale of all flavored tobacco products, including combustible tobacco, effective June 1, 2020. This tax, like similar taxes in other states, aimed to reduce e-cigarette consumption. However, past research has found that e-cigarettes and cigarettes are economic substitutes, meaning that

SUBMITTER: Katchmar A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8097113 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature