A Difference-in-Differences Analysis of Youth Smoking and a Ban on Sales of Flavored Tobacco Products in San Francisco, California

JAMA Pediatr. 2021 Aug 1;175(8):863-865. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.0922.

Abstract

This difference-in-differences analysis compared San Francisco, California, with 7 other districts in California, Florida, New York, and Pennsylvania to explore the association of a policy completely banning flavored tobacco with tobacco use.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Commerce / legislation & jurisprudence*
  • Flavoring Agents*
  • Humans
  • Population Surveillance
  • San Francisco / epidemiology
  • Smoking / epidemiology*
  • Tobacco Products / legislation & jurisprudence*
  • Vaping / prevention & control*

Substances

  • Flavoring Agents