NIH R01 · 2025
Addiction potential, flavoring content, and substitutability of concept flavored cigarillos
PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT This proposal is responsive to NIDA strategic plan initiatives focused on applying addiction science to improve public health and policy. In April 2022, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced proposed rulemaking to ban all characterizing flavors other than tobacco (like Chery, Chocolate) from cigars.1 Cigarillos, the most widely sold cigar product, are predominantly used by young adults (YAs, defined here as ages 18-24), as well as Black and Hispanic individuals,2-5 and flavors are cited as a primary reason for their use.6-8 The emergence of “concept flavors” – vague ambiguous flavor descriptors with no explicit flavor name – is a product characteristic…
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