4.4 Article

Accurately classifying cannabis blunt use as tobacco-cannabis co-use versus exclusive cannabis use

期刊

DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE
卷 249, 期 -, 页码 -

出版社

ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2023.109941

关键词

Cannabis; Marijuana; Blunts; Tobacco; Youth; Adolescent

向作者/读者索取更多资源

By examining the use of tobacco and tobacco-free blunt products among adolescents, it was found that tobacco-free blunt wraps were highly popular. This highlights the importance of assessing the specific products used to make blunts. Misclassification of blunt use as tobacco-cannabis co-use may occur if tobacco-free blunts are not taken into consideration, potentially leading to inflated estimates of tobacco use.
Background: Historically, blunt use constituted tobacco-cannabis co-use based on the products available for creating blunts (e.g., hollowed-out cigars filled with cannabis). With the introduction of tobacco-free blunt wraps (e.g., hemp wraps), blunt use now may constitute tobacco-cannabis co-use or exclusive cannabis use. We examined adolescents' use of tobacco and tobacco-free blunt products and highlighted how misclassification of tobacco-cannabis co-use versus exclusive cannabis use may occur if products used to make blunts are not assessed.Methods: 4855 students from eight Connecticut high schools completed an online survey in 2022. Use of tobacco products for making blunts (e.g., cigarillos, tobacco blunt wraps) and tobacco-free blunt wraps were assessed as was the use of other tobacco products (e.g., e-cigarettes, cigarettes, hookah). The analytic sample comprised 475 students who endorsed lifetime blunt use.Results: Tobacco-free blunt wraps (72.6%) were the most popular product for making blunts, followed by cigarillos (56.5%), tobacco blunt wraps (49.2%), and large cigars (13.0%). When classified into mutually exclusive groups, students reported exclusive tobacco-free blunt use (32.3%), exclusive tobacco product blunt use (27.4%), or use of both tobacco product and tobacco-free blunts (40.3%). Among those exclusively using tobacco-free blunts, 13.4% endorsed no tobacco product use.Conclusions: Tobacco-free blunt wraps were very popular among high school adolescents, highlighting the importance of assessing products used for making blunts. Assuming that blunts contain tobacco without considering tobacco-free blunts can lead to misclassification of blunt use as tobacco-cannabis co-use when it actually reflects exclusive cannabis use, potentially leading to inflated estimates of tobacco use.Data availability: Data will be made available upon reasonable request to the corresponding author.

作者

我是这篇论文的作者
点击您的名字以认领此论文并将其添加到您的个人资料中。

评论

主要评分

4.4
评分不足

次要评分

新颖性
-
重要性
-
科学严谨性
-
评价这篇论文

推荐

暂无数据
暂无数据