Prevalence of Tobacco and Poly-Tobacco Use as a Function of Sexual Orientation Identity and Sex.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Limited research has characterized poly-tobacco use (i.e., use of at least two nicotine/tobacco products) among adults with sexual minoritized (SM) identities (i.e., lesbian, gay, and bisexual). Additional work is needed to examine disparities in use by sexual orientation identity and determine whether these disparities differ by sex. We aimed to examine the prevalence of tobacco product use and poly-tobacco use by sexual orientation identity and sex among a nationally representative sample of U.S. adults.

Methods

Data were drawn from 32,352 adult respondents (34.9% 18-24 years; 10.4% SM; 51.4% female) at Wave 5 (2018-2019) of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study. Logistic regression models tested main and interactive effects of sexual or

SUBMITTER: Deyo AG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12288838 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature