Soldz Stephen, Huyser Dana Joy, Dorsey Elizabeth
Social Science Research and Evaluation, Inc. and Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis, Boston, MA, USA.
Addiction. 2003 Oct;98(10):1379-86. doi: 10.1046/j.1360-0443.2003.00492.x.
Blunts are hollowed-out cigars used to smoke marijuana (and perhaps other substances) in the United States. We investigated rates of blunt use; whether cigar use reported in surveys may actually be blunt use; the relationship of blunt to cigar use; characteristics of blunt users; brands of cigars used to make blunts; and drugs added to blunts.
A school-based survey of youth, the Cigar Use Reasons Evaluation (CURE).
Eleven schools across Massachusetts.
A total of 5016 students in grades 7-12.
CURE items assessing blunt, cigar and cigarette use, brands used to make blunts, drugs added to blunts and demographics were used.
Life-time blunt use was reported by 20.0% of the sample, with use greater among high school (25.6%) than middle school (11.4%) students, and among males (23.7%) than females (16.6%). Self-reported cigar use rates were not influenced strongly by blunt use being misreported as cigar use. In a multivariate model, blunt use was associated with male gender, higher grade in school, lower GPA, truancy, lower school attachment, not living in a two-parent family, being of 'other' race/ethnicity and current use of both cigarettes and cigars. 'Phillies' was the most popular brand of cigar for making blunts, used by 59% of users. 'Garcia y Vega' (18.0%) was the second most popular. Twenty-eight per cent of blunt users had added drugs other than marijuana to blunts.
The use of blunts as a drug delivery device is a serious problem. Efforts to address it will require the cooperation of the tobacco control and substance abuse prevention systems.
在美国，中空雪茄（“钝器”）被用于吸食大麻（可能还有其他物质）。我们调查了“钝器”的使用比例；调查中报告的雪茄使用是否实际上是“钝器”使用；“钝器”使用与雪茄使用的关系；“钝器”使用者的特征；用于制作“钝器”的雪茄品牌；以及添加到“钝器”中的毒品。
一项基于学校的青少年调查，即雪茄使用原因评估（CURE）。
马萨诸塞州的11所学校。
共有5016名7至12年级的学生。
使用CURE项目评估“钝器”、雪茄和香烟的使用情况、用于制作“钝器”的品牌、添加到“钝器”中的毒品以及人口统计学特征。
样本中有20.0%的人报告有过终生“钝器”使用经历，高中生（25.6%）的使用率高于初中生（11.4%），男性（23.7%）的使用率高于女性（16.6%）。自我报告的雪茄使用率并未因将“钝器”使用误报为雪茄使用而受到强烈影响。在多变量模型中，“钝器”使用与男性、较高年级、较低的平均绩点、逃学、较低的学校归属感、不住在双亲家庭、属于“其他”种族/族裔以及当前同时使用香烟和雪茄有关。“菲利普斯”是制作“钝器”最受欢迎的雪茄品牌，59%的使用者使用该品牌。“加西亚·维加”（18.0%）是第二受欢迎的品牌。28%的“钝器”使用者在“钝器”中添加了除大麻以外的毒品。
将“钝器”用作毒品输送工具是一个严重问题。解决这一问题需要烟草控制和药物滥用预防系统的合作。
