Discrimination Distress and Current Combustible and Non-combustible Tobacco Product Use Among US Youth, 2023.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Discrimination is the unfair treatment of people based on their identity. Youth who experience discrimination may cope with associated distress by using tobacco products, with amplified health consequences depending on the type of product.

Methods

We used data from the 2023 National Youth Tobacco Survey (n = 22 069) and derived an overall continuous measure from the 15-item Adolescent Discrimination Distress Index, as well as three continuous discrimination distress sub-indices: educational, institutional, and peer (range for each: 0-5). We defined current tobacco use as two outcomes: any past 30-day use of combustible (cigarettes, cigars, hookah, roll-your-own, pipe, bidis) and non-combustible (e-cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, snus, heated tobacco, nicotine pou

SUBMITTER: Diaby M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12723236 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature