Psychosocial predictors of longitudinal changes in tobacco and cannabis use among young adults.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In recent years, cigarette use has decreased, but alternative tobacco product and cannabis use has increased in young adults. Thus, research regarding intraindividual changes in tobacco product and cannabis use in this population, and related psychosocial predictors, is warranted.

Methods

We analyzed data from 3,006 young adults (M_age = 24.56 [SD = 4.72], 54.8% female, 31.6% sexual minority, 60.2% racial/ethnic minority) in a 2-year, 5-wave longitudinal study (2018-2020). Latent growth modeling analyzed the outcomes of past 6-month use of cigarettes, e-cigarettes, traditional cigars, little cigars/cigarillos, smokeless tobacco (SLT), hookah, and cannabis across Waves 1-5 among all participants; psychosocial predictors included depressive symptoms, adv

SUBMITTER: Romm KF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9021279 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature