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Patterns of Tobacco Product Use and Correlates Among Adults in the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study: A Latent Class Analysis.

ABSTRACT: Introduction:As the tobacco industry and market evolves, there is a growing need to understand the patterns of use of tobacco products and how they relate to demographics, dependency, withdrawal, and quit behavior. Methods:We analyzed data from wave 1 of the PATH Study consisting of 14856 individuals. Current users were defined as consuming at least 1 of 10 tobacco products. We performed a latent class analysis (LCA) to identify patterns of tobacco use. We used multinomial regression analysis to explore the association between these patterns with covariates representing socioeconomic status dependence/addiction, past quit attempts, and withdrawal severity. Results:We identified four groups of current tobacco users with distinct profiles: (1) 61% of the sample were identified as cigarette-only users; (2) 9% were smokeless tobacco users; (3) 17% of the sample were characterized by being current users of all types of combustible tobacco including cigars, cigarillos, filtered cigars, and smoking a pipe (4) finally, 13% were e-cig and hookah users. All classes also shared a varying frequency of cigarette use. Exclusive cigarette users were more likely to be older and female, and experienced higher dependency and withdrawal. Users of e-cigs and hookah were the younger, most educated of all four subgroups, and presented the lowest dependency and withdrawal among the four groups. Conclusions:FDA policy makers may want to discourage the use of tobacco products associated with higher tobacco dependency, and products that may contribute to experiencing higher levels of withdrawal symptoms by the user when trying to quit. Implications:We identified four patterns of tobacco product use that are significantly related to demographic characteristics, dependency, and withdrawal. Policies should target users more likely to use tobacco products that increase dependency and withdrawal, making quitting more difficult.

SUBMITTER: Kypriotakis G

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6093445 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Patterns of Tobacco Product Use and Correlates Among Adults in the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study: A Latent Class Analysis.

Kypriotakis George G Robinson Jason D JD Green Charles E CE Cinciripini Paul M PM

Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 20180801 suppl_1

<h4>Introduction</h4>As the tobacco industry and market evolves, there is a growing need to understand the patterns of use of tobacco products and how they relate to demographics, dependency, withdrawal, and quit behavior.<h4>Methods</h4>We analyzed data from wave 1 of the PATH Study consisting of 14856 individuals. Current users were defined as consuming at least 1 of 10 tobacco products. We performed a latent class analysis (LCA) to identify patterns of tobacco use. We used multinomial regress ...[more]

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Project description:BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Youth aged 15-17 years are at high risk of tobacco, alcohol and drug use. Given the changing landscape with respect to availability, use of emerging products and regulatory environments, we examined patterns and correlates of polysubstance use among US youth aged 15-17 years. DESIGN:Cross-sectional self-reported data. SETTING:United States. PARTICIPANTS:A total of 6127 US youth aged 15-17 years from wave 1 (2013-14) of the nationally representative Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study. MEASUREMENTS:Latent class analysis was used to identify subgroups of polysubstance use, including 12 tobacco products, alcohol, marijuana, prescription drugs and other drugs. Socio-demographic characteristics, residence in urban area, sensation-seeking, sexual orientation and internalizing and externalizing problems were examined as correlates. FINDINGS:Approximately 43.5% of 15-17-year-olds had used at least one substance in the past 12 months. A 5-class model was identified: class 1 'abstainers' (67.3%), class 2 'alcohol users' (19.2%), class 3 'alcohol, marijuana and tobacco (AMTpredominant AM ) users' (8.2%), class 4 'alcohol, marijuana and tobacco (AMTpredominant T ) users' (3.9%) and class 5 'alcohol, marijuana, tobacco and other drug (AMTOD) users' (1.4%). Abstainers were considered the reference class. Higher sensation-seeking scores, higher age and lower academic grades were each associated with greater likelihood of membership in all user classes. Gender, race/ethnicity, parents/guardians' education, residence in non-urban areas and sexual minority groups were associated with membership in some, but not all, user classes. Compared with no/low/moderate severity, high severity internalizing problems were associated with membership in classes 2, 3 and 5, whereas high severity externalizing problems were associated with membership in classes 3 and 5 only. CONCLUSIONS:There appear to be three heterogeneous polysubstance use classes among US youth aged 15-17 years. Correlates of substance use among US youth include higher sensation-seeking, poor academic performance, non-urban residence, minority sexual orientation and mental health problems.

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Patterns of Tobacco Product Use and Correlates Among Adults in the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study: A Latent Class Analysis.

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Patterns of Tobacco Product Use and Correlates Among Adults in the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study: A Latent Class Analysis.

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