Association between free tobacco product sample receipt and tobacco use in youth and adults in the PATH Study, 2014-2016.

ABSTRACT: Tobacco companies have distributed free samples of tobacco products in the past. While prior studies have found a relationship between various marketing strategies and tobacco use, no study has assessed the prevalence of free sample receipt or the relationship between receipt and subsequent tobacco use. We analyze three waves of Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study data to provide the first nationally representative prevalence estimates of free tobacco product receipt among US youth and adults in 2014 to 2016. This analysis also examines the relationship between free tobacco product receipt and ever, past 30-day, and new tobacco use one year later. The prevalence of free sample receipt in the US population in 2014-2016 was 0.8% for any tobacco product but 1.6% for ENDS/

SUBMITTER: Donaldson EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10542903 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature