Association of Noncigarette Tobacco Product Use With Future Cigarette Smoking Among Youth in the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study, 2013-2015
Author(s) -
Shan Lea Watkins,
Stanton A. Glantz,
Benjamin W. Chaffee
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
jama pediatrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.004
H-Index - 183
eISSN - 2168-6211
pISSN - 2168-6203
DOI - 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2017.4173
Subject(s) - medicine , smokeless tobacco , electronic cigarette , cigarette smoking , tobacco use , demography , population , environmental health , tobacco product , cohort , prospective cohort study , surgery , pathology , sociology
Approximately 90% of adult smokers first tried a cigarette by 18 years of age, and even infrequent smoking in adolescence is associated with established adult smoking. Noncigarette tobacco use is increasing and could stimulate subsequent conventional cigarette smoking in youths.
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