The impact of blunt use on smoking abstinence among Black adults: Secondary analysis from randomized controlled smoking cessation clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

People who smoke cigarettes are more likely than people who do not to use cannabis, including blunts, a tobacco product containing nicotine and marijuana. Blunts represent a challenge for cessation trials because nicotine could make stopping cigarettes more difficult. Few studies have examined the impact of blunt use on individuals actively engaged in a cigarette quit attempt.

Methods

Blunt use was assessed at baseline, Weeks 4, 8, 12, 16, and 26 among Black adult people who smoke enrolled in a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized trial of varenicline (VAR, n = 300) versus placebo (PBO, n = 200) for smoking cessation. Participants were categorized as ever blunt (blunt use reported at any timepoint) versus non-blunt (no blunt use reported). The primary ou

SUBMITTER: Lambart L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11655363 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature