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Dr. Danielle Davis

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Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
Interests: youth; tobacco; nicotine; young adults; adolescents; e-cigarettes; oral nicotine products

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Dear Colleagues,

Tobacco product use among youth and young adult populations is a major health priority given the risks of developing nicotine dependence, the potential progression to continued tobacco product use through adulthood, and the negative impact nicotine may have on the developing brain. As the tobacco product landscape has evolved in recent years, youth and young adult tobacco product use has evolved with it, with e-cigarettes now being the most commonly used product in this population and use of other new and emerging products (e.g., nicotine pouches) occurring as well. These products often come with features that may appeal to youth and young adult populations which include but are not limited to appealing and varied flavors and formulations of nicotine that may be less irritating (e.g., nicotine salt). Additionally, as tobacco product use in this population evolves there is an increased need for new treatments, interventions, and regulations focused on youth and young adults.

Given the importance of evaluating tobacco use among youth and young adults, we invite authors to contribute original research articles and reviews on this topic. We encourage a variety of work including but not limited to observational and interventional studies, systematic reviews, mixed methods studies, and secondary data analysis. Possible topics include:

Studies aimed at understanding predictors and patterns of youth and young adult tobacco product use
Studies investigating youth and young adult use of novel and emerging tobacco and nicotine products. This can include products that are advertised to contain “tobacco free nicotine”, and/or novel nicotine and tobacco products.
Studies investigating potential interventions or regulatory actions aimed at reducing nicotine and tobacco use among youth and young adults. This can include policy investigations, cessation interventions, and/or prevention work.
Investigations into tobacco use of special or priority youth and young adult populations, such as those in rural areas, from underrepresented populations, or those with comorbid substance use.

Disclaimer: We will not accept research funded in part or full by any tobacco companies in this Special Issue. For more details, please check: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/15/12/2831/htm.

Dr. Danielle Davis
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youth
tobacco
nicotine
young adults
adolescents
e-cigarettes
oral nicotine products

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Tobacco Whack-A-Mole: A Consumption Taxonomy of Cigar & Other Combustible Tobacco Products among a Nationally Representative Sample of Young Adults

by Kymberle Landrum Sterling, Katherine Masyn, Stephanie Pike Moore, Craig S. Fryer, Erika Trapl, Ce Shang and Douglas Gunzler

Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(22), 15248; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192215248 - 18 Nov 2022

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Introduction: Little filtered cigars and cigarillos (LCCs) are consumed infrequently, co-administered with marijuana, and concurrently used with other tobacco products. Reliance on the past 30-day use estimate, a marker of tobacco user status, may underestimate the dynamic nature of intermittent LCC and other tobacco product use. We developed a framework to capture the intermittent nature of exclusive LCC use and dual/poly use with cigarettes and large cigars using broader timing of last product use categories and product use modality (e.g., with marijuana). Methods: Data come from the baseline C’RILLOS study, a U.S. nationally representative sample of young adults aged 18–34 (n = 1063) collected in October 2019. We developed a consumption taxonomy framework that accounted for respondents’ modality of LCC use (i.e., use with tobacco, LCC-T, or use with marijuana as blunts, LCC-B), the exclusive use of LCCs and other tobacco products (i.e., cigarettes, and large cigars) or their co-use and the timing of last product use (i.e., ever and past 30 days, past 3 months, past 6 months, greater than 6 months). Results: Seventy-five percent of our sample reported ever use of any combustible tobacco product, including LCCs. The most common ever use pattern was poly use of LCC-T + LCC-B + cigarettes (16%). Our consumption taxonomy framework demonstrated the fluid nature of combustible tobacco product use among LCC users. For instance, among past 30-day cigarette users, 48% reported using LCC-T, 39% reported using LCC-B, and 32% reported using large cigars in the past 3 months or more. Discussion: The tobacco use field currently classifies ‘tobacco users’ based on the product they smoked in the past 30 days. Any tobacco product use beyond the past 30-day period is considered ‘discontinued use’ and not the focus of intervention or tobacco regulatory science decisions. We documented the substantial proportion of young adult LCC, cigarette, and large cigar users who either exclusively or dual/poly used these combustible products in recent (e.g., past 3 months) periods. To prevent underestimation of use, surveillance measures should assess the use modality, timing of last product use, and exclusive/multiple product use to more accurately identify the smoking status of young adult LCC users. Full article

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Tobacco Use Research in Youth and Young Adults)

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