ArticleAddictive behaviors2016
Was it the drink? The conditioned association of alcohol and desire to quit smoking on the dual use of little cigars/cigarillos and cigarettes among men and women.
Article in Addictive behaviors, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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- Premium and Non-Premium Cigar Use Among a Nationally Representative Sample of Reproductive Age Women: Findings from the 2010-2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2023Article
- Characterizing #Backwoods on Instagram: "The Number One Selling All Natural Cigar".International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Little cigars and cigarillos: Affect and perceived relative harm among U.S. adults, 2015.Addictive behaviors · 2018Article
- Cigarettes, Little Cigars, and Cigarillos: Initiation, Motivation, and Decision-Making.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2018Article
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introductionDual use of little cigars/cigarillos (LCCs) with cigarettes is becoming more popular; especially among men, but infrequently studied. Dual tobacco users show a higher prevalence of health-risk behaviors such as drug and alcohol use, are likely exposed to higher levels of nicotine and tobacco-related toxicants, and have greater difficulty quitting and maintaining abstinence. This study examined the effects of alcohol use, and desire to quit smoking on dual use of LCCs and cigarettes among men and women.
methodsData utilized responses from a screening survey of 571 adult smokers. Basic demographic information, current cigarette use, desire to quit smoking, frequency of current LCC use, and alcohol and drug use were collected.
resultsDual users were more likely to be male and younger, report drug use in the past 90-days, and have a lower desire to quit smoking. Regression analyses showed a 3-way interaction of gender, alcohol use frequency, and desire to quit smoking, such that men who drank alcohol more frequently who had a higher desire to quit smoking used LCCs more frequently than men with a lower desire to quit. DISCUSSION: Alcohol use may be a risk factor for men's dual use of LCCs and cigarettes among those who want to quit smoking. Implications for prevention and treatment are discussed.
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