Association of Noncigarette Tobacco Product Use With Future Cigarette Smoking Among Youth in the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study, 2013-2015.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Approximately 90% of adult smokers first tried a cigarette by 18 years of age, and even infrequent smoking in adolescence is associated with established adult smoking. Noncigarette tobacco use is increasing and could stimulate subsequent conventional cigarette smoking in youths.

Objective

To estimate the longitudinal association between noncigarette tobacco use and subsequent cigarette smoking initiation among US youth.

Design, setting, and participants

In this prospective cohort study of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) waves 1 (September 12, 2013, to December 14, 2014) and 2 (October 23, 2014, to October 30, 2015), a nationally representative sample of youths who never smoked a conventional cigarette at baseline and completed wave 2

SUBMITTER: Watkins SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5801043 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature