TY - JOUR
T1 - Trends in the frequency of cigar use among US adults, 1998/99–2018/19
AU - Azagba, Sunday
AU - Shan, Lingpeng
N1 - Funding Information:
The Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey (TUS-CPS) is a large household survey among the civilian, noninstitutionalized population of 16 years of age and older in the United States. It is administered by the Census Bureau and sponsored by the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The CPS is a monthly labor force interview survey conducted in more than 50,000 households. Since 1992, the TUS-CPS has been conducted every three to four years to collect data on tobacco-related products. The question on cigar use frequency, “On how many of the past 30 days did you use cigars?” was added to the 1998/1999 survey year. This study sample was restricted to 17,857 respondents who used cigars someday and used at least one day during the past 30 days before the survey and 4,083 respondents who used cigars every day from 1998/1999 to 2018/2019.
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PY - 2022/8
Y1 - 2022/8
N2 - There is limited information on the trend in the frequency of cigar use from the literature. This study aimed to examine the trends of cigar use frequency among U.S. adults. Data were obtained from 1998/99 to 2018/19 Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey (n = 21,940). We generated estimates of the cigar use frequency among current cigar users for each survey year for the full sample, as well as by sociodemographic characteristics. Linear regression models were used to test the statistical significance of the linear trend. Additional analyses were conducted among someday users only. Over the study period, the cigar use frequency among current users was stable at approximately 10 days in the past 30 days. In 1998/1999, male current cigar users and someday cigar users reported using cigars for 9.6 and 5.2 days in the past 30 days, respectively, which decreased to 9.2 and 4.7 days in 2018/2019. In contrast, a significant increasing trend was found among female current cigar users and someday cigar users from 8.4 and 4.7 days to 13.6 and 6.2 days from 1998/1999 to 2018/2019. Likewise, we found that the cigar use frequency increased among current cigar and cigarette users over the study period. Overall, cigar use frequency is relatively stable. Over time, cigar use frequency decreased significantly among males, while it increased among females. Our findings further highlight that targeted efforts are needed to reduce the disproportionate use of cigars.
AB - There is limited information on the trend in the frequency of cigar use from the literature. This study aimed to examine the trends of cigar use frequency among U.S. adults. Data were obtained from 1998/99 to 2018/19 Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey (n = 21,940). We generated estimates of the cigar use frequency among current cigar users for each survey year for the full sample, as well as by sociodemographic characteristics. Linear regression models were used to test the statistical significance of the linear trend. Additional analyses were conducted among someday users only. Over the study period, the cigar use frequency among current users was stable at approximately 10 days in the past 30 days. In 1998/1999, male current cigar users and someday cigar users reported using cigars for 9.6 and 5.2 days in the past 30 days, respectively, which decreased to 9.2 and 4.7 days in 2018/2019. In contrast, a significant increasing trend was found among female current cigar users and someday cigar users from 8.4 and 4.7 days to 13.6 and 6.2 days from 1998/1999 to 2018/2019. Likewise, we found that the cigar use frequency increased among current cigar and cigarette users over the study period. Overall, cigar use frequency is relatively stable. Over time, cigar use frequency decreased significantly among males, while it increased among females. Our findings further highlight that targeted efforts are needed to reduce the disproportionate use of cigars.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.addbeh.2022.107331
DO - 10.1016/j.addbeh.2022.107331
M3 - Article
C2 - 35413488
AN - SCOPUS:85127771243
SN - 0306-4603
VL - 131
JO - Addictive Behaviors
JF - Addictive Behaviors
M1 - 107331
ER -