Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX.
The Michael and Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living, UTHealth School of Public Health, Austin, TX.
Nicotine Tob Res. 2018 Feb 7;20(3):347-354. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntx041.
This study examined the association of sociodemographic characteristics, tobacco and substance use behaviors, and reasons to use cigars in young adults' flavored and non-flavored cigar use.
Participants were 523, 18- to 29- year-old young adult college students (60.4% male; 40.9% non-Hispanic white) who reported current (past 30-day) cigar use.
Almost 75% of the sample regularly chose flavored cigar products. Multilevel logistic regression analyses indicated that younger, female, and racial/ethnic minority cigar users had significantly greater odds of using flavored cigars than their counterparts. Current marijuana smokers, ever-blunt smokers, and students who reported using cigars because they were affordable and/or available in flavors they liked had a greater odds of flavored cigar use compared to their counterparts. Moreover, among dual users of cigars and cigarettes, those who cited using cigars because they were cheaper than cigarettes and because cigars felt like smoking regular cigarettes had greater odds of using flavored cigars compared to their peers. Number of days cigars were smoked and current use of other tobacco products were not associated with flavored cigar use.
Appealing attributes of flavored cigars have the potential to contribute to the tobacco use and subsequent nicotine addiction of younger, female, and racial/ethnic minority young adults. The wide variety of cigar flavors, their attractive price, and similarity to cigarette smoking underscore the need for additional research that links these unique traits to sustained tobacco use, and underscore the need for regulation of flavored products.
This study extends the current literature by finding that younger, female, and racial/ethnic minorities have greater odds of flavored cigar use than their peers. Flavored cigars have characteristics that appeal to members of these populations, which can contribute to their long-term use and potential for addiction.
本研究考察了社会人口特征、烟草和物质使用行为以及年轻人使用雪茄的原因与他们选择调味雪茄和非调味雪茄之间的关联。
参与者为 523 名年龄在 18 至 29 岁的年轻成年大学生（60.4%为男性；40.9%为非西班牙裔白人），他们报告了当前（过去 30 天）雪茄的使用情况。
样本中近 75%的人经常选择调味雪茄产品。多层次逻辑回归分析表明，年龄较小、女性和少数族裔种族的雪茄使用者比同龄人更有可能使用调味雪茄。目前吸食大麻者、曾经吸食过大麻卷烟者以及报告称由于雪茄价格实惠且有他们喜欢的口味而选择吸食雪茄者，与同龄人相比，他们更有可能吸食调味雪茄。此外，在同时吸食雪茄和香烟的双重使用者中，那些因为雪茄比香烟便宜且吸食雪茄感觉就像吸普通香烟而吸食雪茄的人，与同龄人相比，他们更有可能吸食调味雪茄。吸食雪茄的天数和当前使用其他烟草制品与吸食调味雪茄无关。
调味雪茄吸引人的特点有可能导致年轻、女性和少数族裔年轻人增加烟草使用，并随后导致尼古丁成瘾。雪茄口味繁多、价格有吸引力且与吸烟相似，这突显了需要进行更多研究，将这些独特特征与持续的烟草使用联系起来，并突显了对调味产品进行监管的必要性。
本研究通过发现年轻、女性和少数族裔更有可能使用调味雪茄，扩展了当前的文献。调味雪茄具有吸引这些人群的特点，这可能导致他们长期使用并有可能上瘾。
