Montgomery LaTrice, Heidelburg Kamonta, Robinson Cendrine
a Addiction Sciences Division , University of Cincinnati College of Medicine , Harvey Avenue, Suite, Cincinnati , Ohio , USA.
b School Psychology , University of Cincinnati, School of Human Services, College of Education, Criminal Justice and Human Services , Cincinnati , Ohio , USA.
Subst Use Misuse. 2018 Feb 23;53(3):501-507. doi: 10.1080/10826084.2017.1341926. Epub 2017 Sep 14.
Young adult Twitter users are exposed to and often participate in tweets that promote risky behaviors, such as blunt use. Blunts are hollowed out cigars or cigarillos that are filled with marijuana.
The current study was designed to determine the use patterns and characteristics of African American, Hispanic and White young adult Twitter users who reported past month blunt use.
Young adults (N = 753, 74% male) who reported past month blunt use were recruited via Twitter to participate in a brief anonymous online survey about their blunt use.
Findings revealed that African American young adults initiated blunt smoking at an earlier age (14.8 years), reported more days of blunt smoking in the past month (23.2 days) and smoked more blunts in the past month (27.2 blunts) than their Hispanic (16.5 years, 19.7 days, and 15.4 blunts) and White (18.1 years, 15.8 days, and 22.2 blunts) counterparts, p <.01. African American young adults were more likely than their White counterparts to report physical craving as an obstacle to quitting blunt smoking. Several racial/ethnic differences were also found on attitudes about blunt use and reasons for initiating and continuing to smoke blunts.
Findings suggest that blunt use patterns and attitudes about blunt use vary by race/ethnicity. Understanding racial/ethnic differences in blunt use patterns and characteristics offers opportunities to tailor future interventions and enhance outcomes among African American, Hispanic and White young adults.
年轻的成年推特用户会接触到并经常参与宣扬危险行为的推文，比如吸食大麻烟。大麻烟是掏空的雪茄或小雪茄，里面填充大麻。
本研究旨在确定过去一个月内报告有过大麻烟吸食行为的非裔美国、西班牙裔和白人年轻成年推特用户的使用模式及特征。
通过推特招募过去一个月内报告有过大麻烟吸食行为的年轻成年人（N = 753，74%为男性），让他们参与一项关于其大麻烟吸食情况的简短匿名在线调查。
研究结果显示，非裔美国年轻成年人开始吸食大麻烟的年龄更早（14.8岁），过去一个月内报告吸食大麻烟的天数更多（23.2天），且过去一个月内吸食的大麻烟数量更多（27.2支），相比之下，西班牙裔（16.5岁、19.7天、15.4支）和白人（18.1岁、15.8天、22.2支）年轻成年人的数据分别为上述对应数值，p <.01。与白人年轻成年人相比，非裔美国年轻成年人更有可能报告身体上的渴望是戒烟的障碍。在对大麻烟使用的态度以及开始和持续吸食大麻烟的原因方面也发现了一些种族/族裔差异。
研究结果表明，大麻烟的使用模式以及对大麻烟使用的态度因种族/族裔而异。了解大麻烟使用模式和特征方面的种族/族裔差异为量身定制未来干预措施以及改善非裔美国、西班牙裔和白人年轻成年人的状况提供了机会。
