Trends and Associations of Past-30-Day Cigar Smoking in the U.S. by Age, Race/Ethnicity, and Sex, NSDUH 2002-2020.

ABSTRACT: Cigar smoking remains a public health issue in the United States (U.S.), with a heterogeneous prevalence based on sociodemographic characteristics. Nationally representative data suggest changes in cigar smoking over time, with some evidence for sociodemographic differences. Using data from the 2002-2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), the prevalence of past-30-day cigar smoking was examined overall and stratified by sociodemographic characteristics; joinpoint regression examined the trends. Logistic regression analyses identified the correlates of cigar smoking using 2020 NSDUH data. From 2002 to 2004, the prevalence of cigar smoking remained stable (5.33-5.73%), but declined from 2004 to 2019 (5.73-4.29%). Cigar smoking declined in some periods between 2002-2019 among the

SUBMITTER: Pacek LR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10531240 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature