Differences in health care provider advice on abstaining from tobacco use: Findings from the 2020 National Youth Tobacco Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health care providers' (HCP) advice on tobacco prevention and cessation is critical in addressing the tobacco use epidemic among adolescents. However, examination of whether receiving advice from HCPs differs by adolescent sociodemographic characteristics and tobacco use is limited.

Methods

HCP advice to abstain from using tobacco was examined using the 2020 National Youth Tobacco Survey (N = 12,483). Sociodemographic (age, sex, sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, and region) and tobacco use (non-current, sole, dual/poly) differences by HCP advice were evaluated using adjusted logistic regression models.

Results

Among the sample, 37.26% of adolescents received HCP advice to abstain from using tobacco products, and 31.35% received HCP advice to abstain from

SUBMITTER: Agbonlahor O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10348817 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature