DECOY: Documenting Experiences with Cigarettes and Other Tobacco in Young Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We examined psychographic characteristics associated with tobacco use among Project DECOY participants.

Methods

Project DECOY is a 2-year longitudinal mixed-methods study examining risk for tobacco use among 3418 young adults across 7 Georgia colleges/universities. Baseline measures included sociodemographics, tobacco use, and psychographics using the Values, Attitudes, and Lifestyle Scale. Bivariate and multivariable analyses were conducted to identify correlates of tobacco use.

Results

Past 30-day use prevalence was: 13.3% cigarettes; 11.3% little cigars/cigarillos (LCCs); 3.6% smokeless tobacco; 10.9% e-cigarettes; and 12.2% hookah. Controlling for sociodemographics, correlates of cigarette use included greater novelty seeking (p < .001) and intellectual

SUBMITTER: Berg CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4903022 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature