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New Product at Point of Sales : Menthol ball

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dc.contributor.authorAY, NADİYE PINAR
dc.contributor.authorsDagli E., Pece U., Guner M., Yildiz F., Elbek O., Ay P., Gezer T., Ceyhan M.
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-21T06:55:58Z
dc.date.available2023-03-21T06:55:58Z
dc.date.issued2022-09-01
dc.description.abstractAim: Point of sales (POS) advertising bans had been legislated in many countries without adequate enforcement. The aim of this study is to identify new products and devices at POS that could facilitate tobacco or nicotine use. Method: Shadow reporting at POS methodology developed by Framework Convention Alliance was used to investigate the products sold in four commercially dense districts of Istanbul. POS in one kilometer radius were visited by walking tour at each district. The products their display and compliance with legislation were noted. Results: Out of 198 POS visited 31 sell a product called "menthol ball". These were tiny colorful balls of menthol mixed with other various aromas that are sold together with an instrument that stab the end of a standard cigarette and insert the ball into the cigarette. The POS closest to schools were more likely to stock metholl balls. Majority of the POS placed the menthol balls close to candies, mints, chewing gums at eye level of children, just below the cigarette shelf. Conclusion: Tobacco industry uses menthol to sustain addiction among adolescents. Menthol use in cigarettes was banned on 5th January 2020 in Turkey. Using menthol balls to "make your own cigarette" is a novel technique developed by the industry to appeal the youth. Public health community needs to be vigilant and take actions.
dc.identifier.citationDagli E., Pece U., Guner M., Yildiz F., Elbek O., Ay P., Gezer T., Ceyhan M., "New Product at Point of Sales : Menthol ball", EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL, cilt.60, 2022
dc.identifier.doi10.1183/13993003.congress-2022.1428
dc.identifier.issn0903-1936
dc.identifier.urihttps://erj.ersjournals.com/content/60/suppl_66/1428
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11424/287674
dc.identifier.volume60
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofEUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectTıp
dc.subjectDahili Tıp Bilimleri
dc.subjectGöğüs Hastalıkları ve Allerji
dc.subjectSağlık Bilimleri
dc.subjectMedicine
dc.subjectInternal Medicine Sciences
dc.subjectChest Diseases and Allergy
dc.subjectHealth Sciences
dc.subjectSOLUNUM SİSTEMİ
dc.subjectKlinik Tıp
dc.subjectKlinik Tıp (MED)
dc.subjectRESPIRATORY SYSTEM
dc.subjectCLINICAL MEDICINE
dc.subjectClinical Medicine (MED)
dc.subjectSolunum Bakımı
dc.subjectAkciğer ve Solunum Tıbbı
dc.subjectRespiratory Care
dc.subjectPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
dc.subjectSmoking
dc.subjectChildren
dc.subjectHealth policy
dc.titleNew Product at Point of Sales : Menthol ball
dc.typearticle
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