Patterns of Single and Multiple Tobacco Product Use Among US Women of Reproductive Age.

ABSTRACT: Introduction:Understanding patterns of single and multiple tobacco product use among reproductive-aged women is critical given the potential for adverse health effects on mother and infant should a woman become pregnant. Methods:Patterns of tobacco use over a 2-year period were examined among all women (18-44 years) who completed wave 1 (W1) and wave 2 (W2) of the US Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH, 2013-2014, 2014-2015) Study. We examined the most common patterns of single and multiple tobacco product use in W1, and longitudinal trajectories of women engaged in each of these patterns of use from W1 to W2, among women not pregnant in either wave (n = 7480), not pregnant in W1 and pregnant in W2 (n = 332), and pregnant in W1 and not pregnant in W2 (n = 325). Results:The mo

SUBMITTER: Kurti AN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6093396 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature