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To address this problem, over 340 localities have implemented various policies to restrict access to flavored tobacco products. Few studies have examined the extent to which restricting available e-cigarette flavors might affect e-cigarette initiation or cessation among youth.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Aims and Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>A representative sample of Minnesota teens were asked about their use of e-cigarettes, symptoms of e-cigarette dependence and their willingness to use an e-cigarette under four flavor conditions: unspecified (any flavor); menthol, tobacco, or unflavored. Respondents with data on all four flavor conditions were included in the analysis (N = 2151).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Cochran\u2019s Q, McNemar, and exact binomial tests revealed that susceptibility to e-cigarette use was highest when the flavor was unspecified (38.2%), lower for unflavored (29.7%) and menthol-flavored e-cigarettes (26.7%), and lowest when the flavor was tobacco (21.0%). Among the subsets of students who had never tried e-cigarettes and students who reported signs of e-cigarette dependence, the largest decrease in susceptibility from unspecified flavor e-cigarettes was observed for tobacco-flavor, a decrease of 12.7 and 19.6 percentage points, respectively.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Whether teens had no experience using e-cigarettes or showed signs of dependence, the percentage of teens who were susceptible to using e-cigarettes was significantly lower when the flavor available was restricted. Susceptibility was lower for tobacco- and menthol-flavored than unflavored e-cigarettes, suggesting that teens consider these flavors aversive.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Implications<\/jats:title><jats:p>These results suggest that policies that eliminate all e-cigarette flavors except tobacco may be a powerful tool for advancing youth e-cigarette prevention and cessation goals by reducing the appeal of e-cigarettes to teens with different levels of experience with them, including teens who have never tried e-cigarettes and those who may find it difficult to quit using them.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/ntr\/ntac272","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,12,2]],"date-time":"2022-12-02T01:41:14Z","timestamp":1669945274000},"page":"991-995","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["Teens Less Susceptible to Vaping When Restricted to Tobacco-Flavored E-cigarettes: Implications for Flavored Tobacco Policies"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"25","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5353-9171","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sharrilyn","family":"Helgertz","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for Health Statistics, Minnesota Department of Health , PO Box 64882, St. Paul MN 55164-0882 , USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3615-6050","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"John","family":"Kingsbury","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Office of Statewide Health Improvement Initiative, Minnesota Department of Health , PO Box 64882, St. Paul MN 55164-0882 , USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,12,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"2023040612451638600_","author":"U.S. Food and Drug Administration"},{"key":"2023040612451638600_","volume-title":"E-cigarette Use Among Youth and Young Adults. 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