Short communication: Racial/ethnic disparities in cigar and cigarette exclusive, dual, and polyuse among adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite documented racial/ethnic differences in cigar use, disparities in the context of dual and polyuse with cigarettes are unclear.

Methods

Using the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study (2016-18), we examined prevalence and intensity of use patterns among adults (18+) who were Non-Hispanic (NH) Black, NH White, Hispanic, or another race/ethnicity: exclusive cigarillo, filtered cigar, traditional cigar, or cigarette use; dual use of each cigar product with cigarettes; dual or polyuse of cigars without cigarettes; and cigar and cigarette polyuse. We used multinomial logistic regression to compare odds of each pattern of use to non-use of cigars or cigarettes and quantile regression to assess differences in median products used per day.

Results

SUBMITTER: Hirschtick JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9006644 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature