ArticlePublic health nursing (Boston, Mass.)2022
PATH to understanding cannabis and nicotine initiation and co-use among emerging adults.
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- Changes in combustible cigarette and electronic nicotine delivery system use among people with and without schizophrenia spectrum disorders in the USA (2016-2023).Tobacco control · 2026Article
- Cannabis use patterns, motivations, and reasons for abstinence in pregnancy.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Nicotine and cannabis routes of administration and dual use among U.S. young adults who identify as Hispanic, non-Hispanic Black, and non-Hispanic White.Preventive medicine reports · 2024Article
- Investigating Cannabis-Use Among Students Attending High Schools Within the Cherokee Nation Reservation 2017 and 2019.Journal of community health · 2024Article
- Longitudinal patterns of cannabis and tobacco co-administration and concurrent use among young adult college students.Addictive behaviors · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectivesThe purpose of this study was to describe the characteristics and age of initiation of nicotine and cannabis use, with a particular focus on the emerging adult period (ages 18-24 years) and concurrent use of nicotine with cannabis.
designA secondary analysis of Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH). SAMPLE: 32,078 participants from a nationally representative study of tobacco use and health outcomes. MEASUREMENT: Variables of interest included ever use, regular use and age of initiation (first-time use) of nicotine (including tobacco) and/or cannabis and selected demographic factors.
resultsEver-use of nicotine was associated with a 13-fold increase in the likelihood of having ever used cannabis. Among those who reported cannabis use, 96.4% had also used nicotine. While initiation in adolescence was most common, 27.1% of those who use nicotine and 34.9% of those who use cannabis initiated during emerging adulthood. Among regular users of nicotine, 41.5% began regular use in emerging adulthood.
conclusionsThese findings underscore the continued susceptibility of emerging adults to initiation of these substances. Co-use of nicotine and cannabis is an understudied phenomenon in emerging adults with significant potential to cause harm and should be a public health priority.
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