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Cigarette smoking decline among US young adults from 2000 to 2019, in relation to state-level cigarette price and tobacco control expenditure.

Karen Messer, John P Pierce, Jiayu Chen, Man Luo, Matthew D Stone, Eric C Leas, Yuyan Shi, David R Strong, Dennis R Trinidad, Sara B McMenamin

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Karen MesserMoores Cancer Center, Univeristy of California, San Diego, California, USA.
John P PierceMoores Cancer Center, Univeristy of California, San Diego, California, USA jppierce@ucsd.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-0075-7471
Jiayu ChenDivision of Biostatistics, Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health, University of California, San Diego, California, USA.
Man LuoDivision of Biostatistics, Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health, University of California, San Diego, California, USA.
Matthew D StoneHerbert Werthiem School of Public Health, Univeristy of Califronia, San Diego, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1152-0621
Eric C LeasHerbert Werthiem School of Public Health, Univeristy of Califronia, San Diego, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9221-0336
Yuyan ShiHerbert Werthiem School of Public Health, Univeristy of Califronia, San Diego, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9293-0659
David R StrongHerbert Werthiem School of Public Health, Univeristy of Califronia, San Diego, California, USA.
Dennis R TrinidadHerbert Werthiem School of Public Health, Univeristy of Califronia, San Diego, California, USA.
Sara B McMenaminHerbert Werthiem School of Public Health, Univeristy of Califronia, San Diego, California, USA.

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VIRAL MALIGNANCYP30CA023100 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI DIANE M SIMEONE · 1985 to 2026
$124.9M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA023100
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Abstract

objectiveTo investigate the association of state-level cigarette price and tobacco control expenditure with the large 2000-2019 decline in cigarette smoking among US 18-24 year-olds.

methodsSmoking behaviour was assessed in the 24 most populous US states using the 1992-2019 Tobacco Use Supplements to the Current Population Survey; association with price and expenditure was tested using adjusted logistic regression. States were ranked by inflation-adjusted average price and tobacco control expenditure and grouped into tertiles. State-specific time trends were estimated, with slope changes in 2001/2002 and 2010/2011.

resultsBetween 2000 and 2010, the odds of smoking among US young adults decreased by a third (adjusted OR, AOR 0.68, 95% CI 0.56 to 0.84). By 2019, these odds were one-quarter of their 2000 level (AOR 0.24, 95% CI 0.19 to 0.31). Among states in the lowest tertile of price/expenditure tobacco control activity, initially higher young adult smoking decreased by 13 percentage points from 2010 to 2018-2019, to a prevalence of 5.6% (95% CI 4.5% to 6.8%), equal to that in the highest tobacco-control tertile of states (6.5%, 95% CI 5.2% to 7.8%). Neither state tobacco control spending (AOR 1.0, 95% CI 0.999 to 1.002) nor cigarette price (AOR 0.96, 95% CI: 0.92 to 1.01) were associated with young adult smoking in statistical models. In 2019, seven states had prevalence over 3 SDs higher than the 24-state mean.

conclusionNational programmes may have filled a gap in state-level interventions, helping drive down the social acceptability of cigarette smoking among young adults across all states. Additional interventions are needed to assist high-prevalence states to further reduce smoking.

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Cigarette SmokingCommerceTobacco ProductsAdolescentFemaleHumansMalePrevalenceTobacco ControlUnited StatesYoung AdultDenormalizationEnd gamePreventionPublic policySurveillance and monitoring

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PMCPMC12175774

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