ArticleDrug and alcohol dependence2020
Longitudinal associations between marijuana and cigar use in young adults.
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- Patterns of Blunt and Cigar Use in the United States, 2015-2019.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2025Article
- Reactions to Messages About a Nicotine Reduction Policy: A Focus Group Study Among People Who Use Little Cigars and Cigarillos.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2024Article
- Perceived message effectiveness of cigar warning themes among adults in the United States.Preventive medicine reports · 2023Article
- Blunt and non-blunt cannabis use associated with cigarette, e-cigarette, and cigar initiation: Findings from the population assessment of tobacco and health (PATH) study.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2023Article
- The Role of Cigarillo Flavor in the Co-Use of Cigarillos and Cannabis among Young Adults.Substance use & misuse · 2023Article
- Compliance With the US Food and Drug Administration's Guidelines for Health Warning Labels and Engagement in Little Cigar and Cigarillo Content: Computer Vision Analysis of Instagram Posts.JMIR infodemiology · 2023Article
- U.S. Trends in Age of Cigar Smoking Initiation by Race/Ethnicity and Education.American journal of preventive medicine · 2022Article
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- Cigar Harm Beliefs and Associations with Cigar Use among Young Adults.Substance use & misuse · 2022Article
- Tobacco and marijuana co-use in a cohort of young adults: Patterns, correlates and reasons for co-use.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2021Article
- Multi-Substance Use Behaviors: Prevalence and Correlates of Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug (ATOD) Use among University Students in Finland.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundWe assess the longitudinal associations between marijuana and cigar (little cigars and cigarillos [LCCs] and large cigars) use on subsequent initiation of marijuana and cigar use.
methodsData are from a cohort study of 2189 young adults recruited in fall 2010 from 11 colleges in the Southeast. We used discrete-time survival analysis to examine whether ever use of marijuana at baseline (spring 2011, freshman year) predicted initiation of LCCs and large cigars and whether ever use of these cigar products predicted initiation of marijuana use across 10 waves of data collection (2011-2018).
resultsThe sample was 65.3 % female, 83.6 % White, 5.9 % Hispanic, and 61.8 % had college-educated mothers. At baseline, 70 % reported never using LCCs, 71 % reported never using large cigars, and 74 % reported never using marijuana. Ever use of marijuana at baseline was associated with an increased risk of LCC initiation (Incident rate ratio [IRR] = 1.6, 95 %CI = 1.0, 2.5) but not large cigar initiation. Ever use of LCCs (IRR = 1.4, 95 %CI = 1.1, 1.8) and ever use of large cigars (IRR = 1.3, 95 %CI = 1.1, 1.8) at baseline both predicted initiation of marijuana use.
conclusionsOur findings support growing evidence that marijuana and LCCs are strongly associated and use of one substance predicts use of the other. In contrast to studies of adults, we also found that young adults who have tried large cigars may be at increased risk for subsequent marijuana use. These findings highlight the need to consider each product as a potential gateway of the other when developing interventions for young adults.
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