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Factors associated with short-term transitions of non-daily smokers: socio-demographic characteristics and other tobacco product use.
- Source :
- Addiction; May2017, Vol. 112 Issue 5, p864-872, 9p, 2 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Aims To examine the transitions in smoking status among non-daily smokers who transitioned to daily or former smokers or remained as non-daily smokers during a 12-month period. We analyzed factors associated with these transitions, including the use of cigars and smokeless tobacco (SLT). Design Secondary data analyses using pooled data from the 2003, 2006/07 and 2010/11 Tobacco Use Supplements to the Current Population Survey (TUS-CPS). Setting United States. Participants Self-respondents aged 18+ who have smoked for more than 5 years and were non-daily smokers 12 months before the interview ( n = 13 673, or 14.5% of current smokers). Measurements Multinomial logistic regression model to determine the correlates of non-daily to daily, stable non-daily and non-daily to former smoking transitions among non-daily smokers at baseline. The model controlled for socio-demographic factors and the use of cigars and SLT. Findings Of the adults in our sample, 2.6% were non-daily smokers at baseline. Among these, 69.7% remained non-daily smokers (stable non-daily smokers), 18.4% became daily smokers (non-daily to daily smokers) and 11.9% quit smoking (non-daily to former smokers) after 12 months. The non-daily to daily versus stable non-daily smoking transition was less likely among those who were aged 65+ ( P = 0.018), male ( P < 0.001), Hispanic ( P < 0.001), with an income of $25 000-49 999 or ≥$75 000 and current users of SLT ( P = 0.003), but more likely among those without a college degree compared with the appropriate reference group. The non-daily to former versus stable non-daily smoking transition was less likely among those aged 25+, male ( P = 0.013), non-Hispanic Asian ( P = 0.032), without a college degree, widowed/divorced/separated ( P = 0.013) or never married ( P = 0.011) and current users of cigars ( P = 0.003) compared with the appropriate reference group. Conclusions While more than two-thirds of non-daily smokers in the United States remain as such after 12 months, others become daily smokers or quit. The likelihood of remaining stable non-daily smokers and of transition from non-daily to daily and non-daily to former smokers is associated with socio-demographic factors and current use of cigars and smokeless tobacco. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- SMOKING
SMOKELESS tobacco
SMOKING cessation
SOCIAL status
SOCIOLOGY of addictions
PSYCHOLOGY
ASIANS
CHI-squared test
CONFIDENCE intervals
HISPANIC Americans
INCOME
INTERVIEWING
MARITAL status
PROBABILITY theory
RACE
RESEARCH funding
STATISTICAL sampling
SEX distribution
TOBACCO
MULTIPLE regression analysis
SECONDARY analysis
SOCIOECONOMIC factors
EDUCATIONAL attainment
TOBACCO products
DISEASE prevalence
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
ODDS ratio
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09652140
- Volume :
- 112
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Addiction
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 122313859
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/add.13700