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Trial reportJournal of addiction medicine

Factors Associated With Cannabis Use Among African American Nondaily Smokers.

Dana Rubenstein, Elizabeth R Aston, Nicole L Nollen, Matthew S Mayo, Alexandra R Brown, Jasjit S Ahluwalia

Open access · greenAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Journal of addiction medicine. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 37% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Trial
  3. Effects of Marijuana Use on Smokers Switching to E-Cigarettes in a Randomized Clinical Trial.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2022
    Trial
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Human Capital Development Factors and Black Adolescent Tobacco and Cannabis Use.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Dana RubensteinCenter for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI (DR, ERA, JSA); Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI (ERA, JSA); Department of Population Health, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS (NLN); Department of Biostatistics & Data Science, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS (MSM, ARB).
Elizabeth R Aston
Nicole L Nollen
Matthew S Mayo
Alexandra R Brown
Jasjit S Ahluwalia
Brown University · USNakladatelství Lidové Noviny (Czechia) · CZJFE Holdings (Japan) · JPUniversity of Kansas · US

Funding

Transgenic & Gene-Targeting Shared ResourceP30CA168524 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER · PI ROY A. JENSEN · 2012 to 2026
$40.1M
Using wearables and EMA to examine the links between cannabis and depressionP20GM130414 · NIGMS · BROWN UNIVERSITY · PI Tyler Blake Wray · 2019 to 2026
$22.0M
ALCOHOL INTERVENTION/TREATMENT OUTCOME RESEARCH TRAININGT32AA007459 · NIAAA · BROWN UNIVERSITY · PI ROBERT MIRANDA, PETER M. MONTI · 1986 to 2026
$13.3M
Heartland Institute for Clinical and Translational ResearchUL1TR000001 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER · PI BAROHN, RICHARD J. · 2012 to 2015
$13.0M
Behavioral Economic Analysis of Demand for MarijuanaK01DA039311 · NIDA · BROWN UNIVERSITY · PI ASTON, ELIZABETH · 2015 to 2019
$902k
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000001NCI NIH HHS P30 CA168524NIAAA NIH HHS T32 AA007459NIDA NIH HHS K01 DA039311NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM130414
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesCannabis and tobacco dual use is a growing concern in the United States, especially among African Americans (AAs). Dual use increases nicotine dependence and poses negative health effects. Despite decreasing numbers of people who smoke daily, nondaily smokers (NDS) are increasing. Polytobacco use, including blunt use, is higher in AA NDS than AAs who smoke daily. This study examined factors associated with cannabis use among AA NDS.

methodsAdult AA NDS participated in a randomized controlled trial (n = 278) for smoking cessation. A subset of this sample (n = 262; mean age 48.2 years; 50% male) was analyzed to identify correlates of cannabis use. Logistic regression assessed the associations of demographic, smoking-related, and psychosocial variables with cannabis use.

resultsParticipants smoked cigarettes on an average of 18 days of the last 30 and used 4.5 cigarettes on smoking days. Of the participants analyzed, 38% used cannabis, including blunts (ie, cigars hollowed out filled with cannabis) at baseline. Cannabis use was associated with polytobacco product use not including blunts (odds ratio [OR] 2.11, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.18-3.77, P = 0.012), depressive symptoms (OR 1.22, 95% CI 1.05-1.42, P = 0.011), and younger age (OR 0.97, 95% CI 0.94-0.99, P = 0.004).

conclusionsRates of cannabis and tobacco dual use in our sample exceed national rates. Dual use poses harmful health effects that exceed the risk of either substance alone. Findings will inform future work in tailoring treatments to vulnerable groups of people who use both tobacco and cannabis.

Indexed as

CannabisSmoking CessationTobacco Use DisorderAdultBlack or African AmericanFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedSmokersUnited States

Identifiers

PMID32187115
PMCPMC8376225
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