Tobacco Use Trajectories in Young Adults: Analyses of Predictors Across Systems Levels.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Research is needed to examine trajectories of tobacco use beyond cigarette smoking, particularly during emerging middle young adulthood, and to identify distinct multilevel influences of use trajectories.

Aims and methods

We examined (1) tobacco use trajectories over a 2-year period among 2592 young adult college students in a longitudinal cohort study and (2) predictors of these trajectories using variables from a socioecological framework, including intrapersonal-level factors (eg, sociodemographics, psychosocial factors [eg, adverse childhood experiences, depressive symptoms, and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms], early-onset substance use), interpersonal factors (eg, social support, parental substance use), and community-level factors (eg, c

SUBMITTER: Berg CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7593355 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature