Do Elizabeth K, Braganza Karl, Koris Kristiann, D'Esterre Alexander P, Tulsiani Shreya, Hair Elizabeth C
Schroeder Institute, Truth Initiative, Washington, DC, USA.
Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, DC, USA.
Tob Use Insights. 2025 May 26;18:1179173X251345621. doi: 10.1177/1179173X251345621. eCollection 2025.
This cross-sectional study explores associations between perceived discrimination and nicotine product use. Data were collected from participants of the Truth Longitudinal Cohort, a national sample of youth and young adults. The analytic sample included participants surveyed between October 2022 to February 2023, who provided information on ever and past 30-day cigarette and e-cigarette use, perceived discrimination via the Everyday Discrimination Scale, and covariates (N = 5953). Multinomial logistic regression models were applied to the data to explore associations between perceived discrimination and nicotine product use. Results demonstrated that higher levels of perceived discrimination were associated with greater odds of current e-cigarette use, current or former cigarette use, current dual use of e-cigarettes and cigarettes, former e-cigarette use, and former dual use of e-cigarettes and cigarettes, relative to never users of cigarettes or e-cigarettes. Additional research is needed to determine the mechanisms by which perceived discrimination might influence use of nicotine products - especially given that associations were also found between gender identity, race and ethnicity, perceived financial situation, household smoker status, and sensation seeking with nicotine product use.
这项横断面研究探讨了感知到的歧视与尼古丁产品使用之间的关联。数据收集自真相纵向队列的参与者，这是一个全国性的青年和年轻成年人样本。分析样本包括在2022年10月至2023年2月期间接受调查的参与者，他们提供了关于曾经和过去30天内香烟和电子烟使用情况、通过日常歧视量表感知到的歧视以及协变量的信息（N = 5953）。对数据应用多项逻辑回归模型，以探讨感知到的歧视与尼古丁产品使用之间的关联。结果表明，相对于从不使用香烟或电子烟的人，更高水平的感知到的歧视与当前使用电子烟、当前或曾经使用香烟、当前同时使用电子烟和香烟、曾经使用电子烟以及曾经同时使用电子烟和香烟的几率增加有关。需要进一步的研究来确定感知到的歧视可能影响尼古丁产品使用的机制——特别是考虑到在性别认同、种族和民族、感知到的财务状况、家庭吸烟状况以及寻求刺激与尼古丁产品使用之间也发现了关联。
