The Relationship Between Marijuana and Conventional Cigarette Smoking Behavior from Early Adolescence to Adulthood.

ABSTRACT: Longitudinal analyses investigated (a) the co-occurrence of marijuana use and conventional cigarette smoking within time and (b) bidirectional associations between marijuana and conventional cigarette use in three developmental periods: adolescence, young adulthood, and adulthood. A cross-lag model was used to examine the bidirectional model of marijuana and conventional cigarette smoking frequency from ages 13 to 33 years. The bidirectional model accounted for gender, school-age economic disadvantage, childhood attention problems, and race. Marijuana use and conventional cigarette smoking were associated within time in decreasing magnitude and increased cigarette smoking predicted increased marijuana use during adolescence. A reciprocal relationship was found in the transition from young

SUBMITTER: Kristman-Valente AN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5505066 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature