Social Ecological Influences on Nicotine/Tobacco Use Among Gender-Varying and Gender-Stable Adolescents and Adults in the USA.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Our study examined individual-, interpersonal-, community-, and policy-level associations with nicotine/tobacco use among gender-varying and gender-stable U.S. individuals.

Methods

Data from Waves 2-4 (2014/15-2016/18) of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (n = 33,197 U.S. adolescents and adults aged ≥14 years) and state-level gender minority policy data were used. Using multivariable logistic regression, the odds of past-30-day nicotine/tobacco use at W4 were estimated as a function of gender stability/variability, psychological distress, number of tobacco products used by family/friends, anti-tobacco marketing exposure, and change in gender minority-related policies from 2015 to 2017.

Results

Gender-varying individuals had higher

SUBMITTER: Kcomt L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10729790 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature