INTRODUCTION New York (NY) implemented a statewide restriction on the retail sale of flavored vaping products to reduce availability of vaping products having youth-appealing flavors in 2020. We assessed the intended effects of the NY law on sales of flavored vaping products and explored whether policy implementation had unintended effects on consumer behavior by evaluating policy-associated changes in sales of combusted cigarettes, which could serve as more harmful substitute products for NY consumers of flavored vaping products. AIMS AND METHODS We analyzed custom product-level weekly retail tobacco sales scanner data for NY and a comparison state (California [CA]) for convenience stores and other outlets from June 2018 through June 2021. We categorized flavor descriptors for vaping products as flavored or as tobacco or unflavored and categorized cigarettes as menthol or non-menthol. We used a difference-in-difference model to assess the effect of the sales restriction on unit sales of flavored and unflavored vaping products and menthol and non-menthol cigarettes in NY compared with CA. RESULTS Following NY policy implementation, flavored and total vaping product sales decreased in NY relative to CA. Unflavored vaping product sales increased in NY, while menthol cigarette sales did not change significantly relative to CA sales. CONCLUSIONS The NY flavored vaping product policy was associated with fewer sales of flavored and total vaping products. The increase in sales of unflavored vaping products did not suggest complete substitution, and sales data suggest that consumers did not turn to cigarettes after flavored vaping products became unavailable. IMPLICATIONS This study provides evidence that NY's flavored vaping product policy is associated with reduced flavored vaping product access and sales. Our analyses of potential unintended consequences indicate that some consumers switched from flavored to unflavored vaping products, but that cigarette sales did not change concurrent with the policy which means that decreased availability of flavored vaping products did not result in vapers switching to cigarettes. NY's policy had its intended effect with limited unintended consequences.

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与纽约州风味电子烟产品销售限制相关的电子烟产品和香烟销售变化。


简介 纽约 (NY) 在全州范围内对调味电子烟产品的零售实行限制，以减少 2020 年具有年轻人吸引力的口味的电子烟产品的供应。我们评估了纽约州法律对调味电子烟产品销售的预期影响，并探讨了是否通过评估与政策相关的燃烧卷烟销售变化，政策实施对消费者行为产生了意想不到的影响，燃烧卷烟可能成为纽约风味电子烟产品消费者更有害的替代产品。目标和方法 我们分析了 2018 年 6 月至 2021 年 6 月期间纽约州和对照州（加利福尼亚州 [CA]）便利店和其他商店的定制产品级每周零售烟草销售扫描仪数据。我们将电子烟产品的风味描述符分类为调味或作为烟草或无味香烟，并将香烟分类为薄荷醇或非薄荷醇。我们使用双重差分模型来评估纽约州与加州相比，销售限制对纽约市调味和无味电子烟产品以及薄荷醇和非薄荷醇卷烟单位销量的影响。结果 纽约州政策实施后，纽约州的调味电子烟产品销量和总销量相对于加利福尼亚州有所下降。纽约的无味电子烟产品销量有所增加，而薄荷醇卷烟的销量相对于加州的销量没有显着变化。结论 纽约调味电子烟产品政策与调味电子烟产品和总电子烟产品销量减少有关。无味电子烟产品销量的增长并不意味着完全替代，销售数据表明，在调味电子烟产品缺货后，消费者并没有转向卷烟。 影响 这项研究提供的证据表明，纽约州的调味电子烟产品政策与调味电子烟产品的获取和销售减少有关。我们对潜在的意外后果的分析表明，一些消费者从调味电子烟产品转向无味电子烟产品，但卷烟销售并未与该政策同时发生变化，这意味着调味电子烟产品供应量的减少并不会导致电子烟使用者转向卷烟。纽约州的政策达到了预期效果，但意外后果有限。