Longitudinal experience of food insecurity & cigarette use in the early COVID-19 Pandemic, United States.

ABSTRACT: Food insecurity is associated with cigarette smoking, yet little is known about how variability in the experience of food insecurity may relate to patterns of cigarette use. We sought to examine patterns of food insecurity and cigarette use during the COVID-19 pandemic (April 2020-March 2021). We analyzed longitudinal survey data from a nationally representative panel of adults in the United States (N = 7,880) from the Understanding Coronavirus in America Study. The primary independent variable was ten trajectories of food insecurity. Our dependent variable was past 7-day cigarette use (count of days used cigarettes). Poisson regression using generalized estimating equations was run controlling for key covariates. The prevalence of cigarette use on at least one day in the past week was low

SUBMITTER: Pike Moore S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10874846 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature