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ArticleNicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco2016

The Case to Include Brand of Moist Snuff in Health Surveys.

David S Timberlake

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Article in Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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David S TimberlakeProgram in Public Health, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA dtimberl@uci.edu.
UC Irvine Health · US

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Should Smokeless Tobacco be Promoted as an Alternative for Smokers ?R03DA027950 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI TIMBERLAKE, DAVID · 2012 to 2013
$134k
NIDA NIH HHS R03 DA027950
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Abstract

introductionBrand of smokeless tobacco was added to the most recent Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey (TUS-CPS), but deleted from the Centers for Disease Control's National Adult Tobacco Survey. The objective of this study was to assess the utility of brand in distinguishing users of moist snuff.

methodsThe sample consisted of participants from the 2010-2011 TUS-CPS who reported having used one of 14 brands of moist snuff in the past month (n = 2334). The brands were categorized into one of three types: snus, discount snuff, premium snuff. Multinomial logistic regression was employed for testing for associations between brand type and a series of demographic and tobacco use measures.

resultsFemales, metropolitan residents, current smokers, and moderate users of snuff had significantly greater odds of using snus relative to premium snuff in the adjusted model (P < .001). Frequent users of snuff (eg, daily users), current smokers, young adults, participants with low household income, and those exhibiting dependence on nicotine had greater odds of using discount versus premium snuff. Separate analyses among current smokers (n = 470) and former smokers (n = 70) revealed positive associations between smoking cessation attempts and smokers' switch to discount snuff.

conclusionsDifferences among the three categories of snuff users are likely attributed to variations in marketing campaigns. The differences are sufficient to warrant inclusion of snuff brand in health surveys because brand type could serve as a proxy measure for snuff use and dependence. IMPLICATIONS: Inclusion of brand of moist snuff in health surveys will enable researchers to categorize snuff users by brand type. Findings from this study indicate that brand type, defined according to cost (ie, discount vs. premium brands) and type of preferred snuff (ie, snus vs. other moist snuff), can distinguish snuff users by various demographic and tobacco use measures. Consequently, categorization by brand type could be used as a proxy measure for studies whose surveys do not include detailed information on snuff use and behavior.

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Health SurveysProduct LabelingTobacco, SmokelessAdolescentAdultCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedTobacco Use CessationTobacco Use DisorderUnited StatesYoung Adult

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PMID27020059
PMCPMC6095229
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