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Trends in Exclusive, Dual and Polytobacco Use among U.S. Adults, 2014-2019: Results from Two Nationally Representative Surveys
Int J Environ Res Public Health (2021)
  • Delvon T. Mattingly
  • Luis Zavala-Arciniega
  • Jana Hirschtick, Advocate Aurora Health
  • Rafael Meza
  • David T Levy
  • Nancy L. Fleischer
Abstract
Although increases in the variety of tobacco products available to consumers have led to investigations of dual/polytobacco use patterns, few studies have documented trends in these patterns over time. We used data from the 2014/2015 and 2018/2019 Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey (TUS-CPS) and the 2015-2019 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) to estimate trends in the following use patterns: exclusive use of cigarettes, electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), other combustibles (cigars/cigarillos/little filtered cigars and traditional pipes/hookah), and smokeless tobacco (four categories); dual use (two product groups) of each product group with cigarettes (three categories); polyuse with cigarettes (all four product groups; one category); and dual/polyuse without cigarettes (one category). We estimated trends in product use patterns overall and by age, sex, and race/ethnicity using two-sample tests for differences in linear proportions. From 2014/2015 to 2018/2019, exclusive ENDS use increased, whereas cigarettes and ENDS dual use decreased. Furthermore, polyuse with cigarettes decreased, whereas dual/polyuse without cigarettes increased, with trends varying by age, sex, and race/ethnicity. Our findings suggest that patterns of dual/polyuse with and without cigarettes have changed in recent years, indicating the need for further surveillance of concurrent tobacco product use patterns.
Keywords
  • cigarettes,
  • cigars,
  • dual use,
  • electronic nicotine delivery systems,
  • pipes,
  • polyuse,
  • prevalence,
  • smokeless tobacco,
  • tobacco products
Publication Date
December 11, 2021
DOI
10.3390/ijerph182413092
Citation Information
Mattingly DT, Zavala-Arciniega L, Hirschtick JL, Meza R, Levy DT, Fleischer NL. Trends in Exclusive, Dual and Polytobacco Use among U.S. Adults, 2014-2019: Results from Two Nationally Representative Surveys. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021;18(24):13092. Published 2021 Dec 11. doi:10.3390/ijerph182413092