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. 2022 Oct 10:20:85.
doi: 10.18332/tid/153974. eCollection 2022.

Global market trends of flavor capsule cigarettes and menthol (non-capsule) cigarettes: An ecological analysis using commercial data across 78 countries, 2010-2020

Christina N Kyriakos  1 , Dickson Qi  1 , Kiara Chang  1 , Anthony A Laverty  1 , Filippos T Filippidis  1
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Global market trends of flavor capsule cigarettes and menthol (non-capsule) cigarettes: An ecological analysis using commercial data across 78 countries, 2010-2020

Christina N Kyriakos et al. Tob Induc Dis. .

Abstract

Introduction: This study describes market trends of flavor capsule cigarettes (FCCs) and menthol (non-capsule) cigarettes (MNCCs) across 78 countries from 2010 to 2020 and examines country-level factors associated with market shares of these products.

Methods: Market share and retail volume data came from the Euromonitor Passport database and country-level data came from the World Health Organization (WHO), World Bank, and International Monetary Fund. Multivariable linear fixed effects panel regression analyses were conducted to evaluate the relationship between predictor variables and the market shares of menthol (non-capsule) cigarettes and flavor capsule cigarettes.

Results: The overall market share (i.e. the percentage retail volume out of total retail volume of all cigarette types) increased from 0.23% in 2010 to 4.5% in 2020 for FCCs and decreased from 5.0% to 3.8% for MNCCs. Market shares of FCCs grew most rapidly in the Americas region and among upper middle-income countries. Market shares of MNCCs remained stable across most regions and were highest in the Western Pacific and Africa regions. The overall market share of FCCs was positively associated with the unemployment rate (β=0.28; 95% CI: 0.12-0.44, p=0.001), and inversely associated with the percent of the population aged 15-29 years (β= -0.57, 95% CI: -0.98 - -0.15, p=0.008), percent of urban population (β= -0.88; 95% CI: -1.28 - -0.48, p<0.001), GDP PPP per capita (β= -0.13; 95% CI: -0.24 - -0.03, p=0.015), and age-standardized prevalence of cigarette smoking (β= -0.93; 95% CI: -1.38 - -0.49, p<0.001). In contrast, the overall market share of MNCCs was positively associated with urbanicity (β=0.24; 95% CI: 0.08-0.40, p=0.003), and negatively associated with the unemployment rate (β= -0.09; 95% CI: -0.17 - -0.02, p=0.014).

Conclusions: Global sales of flavor capsule cigarettes grew substantially in the last decade, surpassing menthol (non-capsule) cigarettes, which also continued to be high in many regions. There is a need for increased efforts to address flavors and novel tobacco products, features that are known to appeal to youth.

Keywords: cigarette market share; flavor capsule cigarettes; global tobacco control; menthol.

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Overall percent market share* of flavor capsule cigarettes and menthol (non-capsule) cigarettes from 2010 to 2020 across 78 countries, Euromonitor Passport
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Average percent market share of flavour capsule cigarettes and menthol cigarettes by WHO region and country income level from 2010 to 2020, Euromonitor Passport
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