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Socioecological factors associated with multiple nicotine product use among U.S. youth: Findings from the population assessment of tobacco and health (PATH) study 2013–2018
Simon P, Stefanovics E, Ying S, Gueorguieva R, Krishnan-Sarin S, Buta E. Socioecological factors associated with multiple nicotine product use among U.S. youth: Findings from the population assessment of tobacco and health (PATH) study 2013–2018. Preventive Medicine 2024, 183: 107956. PMID: 38615947, DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2024.107956.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPopulation Assessment of Tobacco and HealthNicotine product useU.S. youthAssociated with tobacco useEstimate adjusted associationsPopulation AssessmentPromote harm reductionTobacco product useMultinomial logistic regressionTobacco useAdjusted associationsSocioecological approachStudy Wave 1Harm reductionProduct useIntrapersonal factorsLogistic regressionWave 1Family factorsLifetime historyNicotine productsOlder ageLifetime usersYouthPrevent escalationTransitions across tobacco use profiles among adolescents: results from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study waves 1 and 2
Simon P, Buta E, Gueorguieva R, Kong G, Morean ME, Camenga D, Bold KW, Krishnan‐Sarin S. Transitions across tobacco use profiles among adolescents: results from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study waves 1 and 2. Addiction 2020, 115: 740-747. PMID: 31618491, PMCID: PMC7361287, DOI: 10.1111/add.14828.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUse of cigarettesE-cigarettesHealth Study Waves 1Wave 1US youthProbability of progressionUsers of cigarettesNon-institutionalized populationTobacco use statusTobacco use profilesSocio-demographic predictorsRate of useCurrent useProspective surveyMore tobacco productsLatent transition analysisSmokeless tobaccoNicotine productsHealth StudyUS civilianParental education levelTobacco productsCigarettesPopulation AssessmentUse status
2024
Behavioral precursors of nicotine product use trajectories among youth
Buta E, Gueorguieva R, Simon P, Garrison K. Behavioral precursors of nicotine product use trajectories among youth. American Journal Of Preventive Medicine 2024, 67: 360-369. PMID: 38782105, DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2024.05.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNicotine useNicotine productsHarm perceptionsPopulation Assessment of Tobacco and Health StudyBehavioral precursorsPublic health priorityNon-user classPriority intervention targetsPredictors of trajectoriesNonuser classesHealth StudyHealth priorityNicotineHigher oddsCentral network nodesYouth agesNon-usersOddsIntervention targetsPopulation AssessmentYouthPositive expectations
2021
Association of Vaping and Respiratory Health among Youth in the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study Wave 3
Cherian C, Buta E, Simon P, Gueorguieva R, Krishnan-Sarin S. Association of Vaping and Respiratory Health among Youth in the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study Wave 3. International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health 2021, 18: 8208. PMID: 34360499, PMCID: PMC8346152, DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18158208.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDry coughRespiratory manifestationsHigher oddsExercise-induced wheezingPulmonary clinical manifestationsSerious pulmonary complicationsNicotine product useLogistic regression modelsPulmonary complicationsAsthma diagnosisInhaler useWave 3Clinical manifestationsRespiratory healthEarly recognitionHealth SurveyTobacco useClinical effortsLifetime numberPrevention effortsPast yearPopulation AssessmentWheezingProduct useCough
2020
Data Visualization Tools of Tobacco Product Use Patterns, Transitions and Sex Differences in the PATH Youth Data
Gueorguieva R, Buta E, Simon P, Krishnan-Sarin S, O’Malley S. Data Visualization Tools of Tobacco Product Use Patterns, Transitions and Sex Differences in the PATH Youth Data. Nicotine & Tobacco Research 2020, 22: 1901-1908. PMID: 32219313, PMCID: PMC7542650, DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntaa056.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTobacco product use patternsMultiple tobacco product useProduct use patternsTobacco product useE-cigarettesProduct useTobacco productsHookah useWave 1Wave 2Common tobacco productsTobacco use patternsE-cigarette useSex differencesInitiation of usePatterns of useHealth StudyAdolescent girlsYear old youthRelative frequencyUnweighted frequenciesCigarettesOlder youthUse patternsPopulation Assessment