Polytobacco Use and Nicotine Dependence Symptoms Among US Adults, 2012-2014.

ABSTRACT: Introduction:The tobacco product landscape has changed substantially. Little is known about the recent pattern of polytobacco use (at least two tobacco products) among US adults and its relationship to nicotine dependence. Methods:Using the 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 National Adult Tobacco Survey (NATS) data (N = 135 425 adults), we analyzed the prevalence and correlates of polytobacco use among each of the six categories of current tobacco user (cigarettes, cigars, pipes, hookah, e-cigarettes, and smokeless tobacco). Based on five nicotine dependence symptom measures from the NATS, difference in the prevalence of dependence symptoms between polytobacco and sole-product users for each category of tobacco user was assessed using multivariable regression analyses. Results:During 2012-2014, 25.1

SUBMITTER: Sung HY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6093419 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature