Other Tobacco Product Use Among Sexual Minority Young Adult Bar Patrons

BackgroundMost youth and young adult (YA) tobacco users use flavoured products; however, little is known about specific flavours used.MethodsWe report flavour types among US tobacco users from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study, wave 2, 2014–2015. At wave 2, we examined (1) flavour use and type at past 30-day use; (2) new flavoured tobacco product use and type; (3) product-specific flavour patterns across youth (ages 12–17) (n=920), YA (18–24) (n=3726) and adult (25+) (n=10 346) past 30-day and new tobacco users and (4) concordance between self-coded and expert-coded brand flavour type among all adults (18+).ResultsPrevalence of flavoured tobacco product use was highest among youth, followed by YA and adult 25+ any tobacco users. Within each age group, flavoured use was greatest among hookah, e-cigarette and snus users. Overall, menthol/mint, fruit and candy/sweet were the most prevalent flavour types at first and past 30-day use across age groups. For past 30-day use, all flavour types except menthol/mint exhibited an inverse age gradient, with more prevalent use among youth and YAs, followed by adults 25+. Prevalence of menthol/mint use was high (over 50% youth, YAs; 76% adults 25+) and exhibited a positive age gradient overall, though the reverse for cigarettes. Brand-categorised and self-reported flavour use measures among adults 18+ were moderately to substantially concordant across most products.ConclusionsCommon flavours like menthol/mint, fruit and candy/sweet enhance appeal to young tobacco users. Information on flavour types used by product and age can inform tobacco flavour regulations to addess flavour appeal especially among youth.

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Tobacco Marketing Receptivity and Other Tobacco Product Use Among Young Adult Bar Patrons

Journal of Adolescent Health ◽

10.1016/j.jadohealth.2016.08.008 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 59 (6) ◽

pp. 642-647 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Johannes Thrul ◽

Nadra E. Lisha ◽

Pamela M. Ling

Keyword(s):

Young Adult ◽

Tobacco Product ◽

Tobacco Marketing ◽

Product Use

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Young Adult Tobacco and E-cigarette Use Transitions: Examining Stability Using Multistate Modeling

Nicotine & Tobacco Research ◽

10.1093/ntr/ntz030 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 22 (5) ◽

pp. 647-654 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Raymond Niaura ◽

Ilan Rich ◽

Amanda L Johnson ◽

Andrea C Villanti ◽

Alexa R Romberg ◽

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Keyword(s):

Young Adults ◽

Young Adult ◽

State Transition ◽

Transition Probabilities ◽

Observation Interval ◽

National Sample ◽

Tobacco Product ◽

Product Use ◽

Youth And Young Adults

Abstract Introduction The objective of this study was to describe tobacco and nicotine product use state transition probabilities among youth and young adults over time. Methods A national sample of young adult tobacco product users and nonusers between the ages of 18 and 34 years at baseline was surveyed at 6-month intervals for 3 years. Use and nonuse states were defined as mutually exclusive categories based on self-reported, past 30-day use of the various products. Never use, noncurrent use, and current use of combustible, noncombustible tobacco, and electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) products was assessed at each interval. A multistate model was fit to estimate transition probabilities between states and length of stay within each state. Results After 6 months, same-state transition probabilities were high for all use states (0.76–0.96), except for dual product use (0.48). After 3 years, transition probabilities were smaller and tended to converge toward combustible product use for baseline e-cigarette (0.42), combustible (0.51), and dual product users (0.52). Age was inversely associated with transition risk from never or noncurrent use to use of combustible or e-cigarette products. Conclusions Never and noncurrent users, followed by combustible product users, were most likely to remain in those states throughout the 3-year observation interval. Users of any tobacco or e-cigarette product at baseline were most likely to transition to combustible product use or noncurrent use by the final follow-up. Implications This study describes the probability of transitioning between various states of tobacco product use, including never and no current use, over a span of 3 years in a sample of young adults. This type of longitudinal description, which includes all tobacco product use states, is lacking in most studies that tend to focus on one or only a few products. The results suggest that it is important to assess outcomes over a sufficiently long period to capture true variability in patterns of product use.

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Do personality traits related to affect regulation predict other tobacco product use among young adult non-daily smokers?

Addictive Behaviors ◽

10.1016/j.addbeh.2017.07.008 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 75 ◽

pp. 79-84 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Kristin Brikmanis ◽

Angela Petersen ◽

Neal Doran

Keyword(s):

Young Adult ◽

Personality Traits ◽

Affect Regulation ◽

Tobacco Product ◽

Product Use

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Cross-Sectional Associations of Multiple Tobacco Product Use with Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms among Young Adult E-Cigarette Users

Substance Use & Misuse ◽

10.1080/10826084.2021.1954026 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-8

Author(s):

Sam N. Cwalina ◽

Lauren R. Pacek ◽

Jessica L. Barrington-Trimis ◽

Alayna P. Tackett ◽

Mary Ann Pentz

Keyword(s):

Young Adult ◽

Tobacco Product ◽

Anxiety Symptoms ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Product Use

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Age groups differences in the prevalence and popularity of individual tobacco product use in young adult and adult marijuana and tobacco co-users and tobacco-only users: Findings from Wave 4 of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health study

Drug and Alcohol Dependence ◽

10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2022.109278 ◽

2022 ◽

pp. 109278

Author(s):

Amy M. Cohn ◽

Sixia Chen

Keyword(s):

Young Adult ◽

Age Groups ◽

Tobacco Product ◽

Health Study ◽

Population Assessment ◽

Product Use

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Multiple tobacco product use among cigarette smokers: a longitudinal examination of menthol and non-menthol smokers during young adulthood

Tobacco Control ◽

10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2020-055922 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. tobaccocontrol-2020-055922

Author(s):

Dale Mantey ◽

Melissa Harrell ◽

Baojiang Chen ◽

Steven H Kelder ◽

Cheryl Perry ◽

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Keyword(s):

Young Adult ◽

Cigarette Smoking ◽

Tobacco Product ◽

Single Product ◽

Cigarette Smokers ◽

Tobacco Products ◽

Menthol Cigarette ◽

Product Use ◽

Menthol Cigarettes ◽

Study Participants

BackgroundMultiple tobacco product (MTP) use is common among young adults. Most MTP users are combustible cigarette smokers that use one or more other tobacco products. This study aims to explore menthol as a risk factor for MTP use among a cohort of young adult cigarette smokers.MethodsParticipants were 18–29 years cigarette smokers at 24 Texas colleges in a 6-wave study. Participants (n=4700 observations) were classified as: single product users (ie, exclusive cigarette smoking); dual product users and poly product users. A multilevel, ordered logistic regression model was used to examine the association between menthol cigarette smoking and MTP use. Two longitudinal, multilevel, multinomial logistic regressions were used to examine the relationship between menthol cigarette smoking and number of tobacco products used.ResultsOverall, 40.7% of the sample were single product users, 33.7% were dual product users and 25.6% were poly product users. Menthol was associated with 1.28 greater odds of MTP use. Further, menthol was associated with 1.19 greater risk of dual and 1.40 greater risk of poly product use, relative to single product use. Lastly, menthol cigarette smoking was associated with 1.18 greater risk of poly product use, relative to dual product use.ConclusionsThere was a gradient relationship between menthol cigarette smoking and number of tobacco products used among young adult cigarette smokers. Findings provide for greater regulatory and programmatic efforts to reduce the use of menthol cigarettes.

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