Trends in the Age of Cigarette Smoking Initiation Among Young Adults in the US From 2002 to 2018.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Success in reducing the prevalence of adolescent smoking could reflect complete prevention of smoking initiation or a shift in the age of cigarette smoking initiation from adolescence into early adulthood.

Objective

To assess trends in early adult (ages 18-23 years) vs adolescent (age <18 years) cigarette smoking initiation and transition to daily cigarette smoking from 2002 to 2018.

Design, setting, and participants

Ages at initiation of smoking and the transition to daily smoking were ascertained from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (2002-2018), an annual, population-based, repeated cross-sectional study representative of the US population. This cross-sectional analysis was restricted to young adults who completed the survey at ages 22 to 23 ye

SUBMITTER: Barrington-Trimis JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7539122 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature