Longitudinal transitions in adolescent polytobacco use across waves 1-4 of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health study.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

This study aims to identify adolescent patterns of polytobacco use and measure transitions between patterns over time.

Design

Longitudinal analysis using data derived from waves 1-4 (2013-18) of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study. Transitions in tobacco use patterns were examined via latent transition analysis, and then, socio-demographic characteristics were used to predict transitions via logistic regression.

Setting

United States.

Participants

Participants included 975 adolescents who used at least one tobacco product at any wave (W1 mean age = 13.29, standard deviation = 0.86; W4 54.2% male; 54.5% white, 25.9% Hispanic).

Measurements

Measurements included past 30-day use of cigarettes, electronic cigarettes (e-cigs), tr

SUBMITTER: Blank MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9992106 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature