Tobacco and E-Product Use by US Adults With Disabilities.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Research on cumulative disabilities and tobacco use in the current tobacco landscape is lacking.

Objective

To examine prevalence of tobacco use across cumulative disabilities within and across years among US adults.

Design, setting, and participants

Representative cross-sectional surveys of the US adult (aged ≥18 years) civilian, noninstitutionalized population from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study were compared across 2013 to 2014 (wave 1), 2016 to 2018 (wave 4), and 2022 to 2023 (wave 7). Age-adjusted estimates and change scores were compared using design-based significance tests. Data were analyzed from November 2023 and April 2024.

Main outcomes and measures

Past 30-day use of tobacco (cigarette, electronic nicotine [e

SUBMITTER: Parks MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11836758 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature