Trends in Illicit Drug Use Among Smokers and Nonsmokers in the United States, 2002-2014.

ABSTRACT: Cigarette smoking has declined in the United States. Still, identifying prevalent and modifiable barriers to quitting can help inform the next steps for tobacco control. Illicit drug use, which may be increasingly common in the United States, could be one such factor. We investigated the relationship between past-month illicit drug use and cigarette smoking status and estimated trends in the prevalence of past-month illicit drug use by cigarette smoking status from 2002 to 2014 in the United States. The 2002-2014 National Survey on Drug Use and Health was used to obtain nationally representative data on past-month illicit drug use. From 2002 to 2014, past-month illicit drug use (for all drugs considered) was nearly 5 times more common among current smokers than among never smokers (adjuste

SUBMITTER: Moeller SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6139671 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May/Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature