ArticleTobacco regulatory science2018
Blunt Use among Adolescents and Young Adults: Informing Cigar Regulations.
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- Factors Associated with Use of Cigars, Little Cigars, Cigarillos, and Blunts among Hip Hop Youth in the United States.American journal of health behavior · 2023Article
- Accurately classifying cannabis blunt use as tobacco-cannabis co-use versus exclusive cannabis use.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2023Article
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- Cigarillo Flavor and Motivation to Quit among Co-Users of Cigarillos and Cannabis: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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- Blunt and Non-Blunt Cannabis Use and Risk of Subsequent Combustible Tobacco Product Use Among Adolescents.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectivesWe used focus groups to understand cigar product features that increase the appeal of blunts (hollowed out cigars filled with marijuana) among adolescents and young adults.
methodsWith a standardized focus group guide, we assessed cigar use behaviors and perceptions among lifetime cigar users (N = 47; 8 focus groups separated by sex and age group [adolescents, young adults]) in 2016. We analyzed data related to blunts.
resultsOverall, 85.5% of the participants had smoked a blunt in the past 30 days (38% used daily). Participants perceived that cheap cigar brands were used primarily for blunts. Cigar product features that made them useful for blunts included wide availability, easy accessibility (easy to bypass underage purchasing restrictions), attractive flavors, inexpensive cost, perforated wrappers that make cigars easy to open, and ability to remove the inner wrapper (also referred to as "cancer paper") to reduce the risk of harm.
conclusionsVarious product features of cigars make it easy for adolescents and young adults to manipulate them to create blunts. Tobacco regulations that include restrictions on product characteristics, as well as enforcement of prohibition of sales of cigars to underage minors are needed. Youth also need to be educated about harms of blunt use.
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