Association of Combined Patterns of Tobacco and Cannabis Use in Adolescence With Psychotic Experiences.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

There is concern about potentially causal effects of tobacco use on psychosis, but epidemiological studies have been less robust in attempts to minimize effects of confounding than studies of cannabis use have been.

Objectives

To examine the association of patterns of cigarette and cannabis use with preceding and subsequent psychotic experiences, and to compare effects of confounding across these patterns.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study used data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, which initially consisted of 14 062 children. Data were collected periodically from September 6, 1990, with collection ongoing, and analyzed from August 8, 2016, through June 14, 2017. Cigarette and cannabis use data were summarized usin

SUBMITTER: Jones HJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5885944 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature