Dynamic transitions between marijuana use and cigarette smoking among US adolescents and emerging adults.
Dynamic transitions between marijuana use and cigarette smoking among US adolescents and emerging adults.
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美国青少年和新兴成年人吸食大麻和吸烟之间的动态转变。
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10.1080/00952990.2018.1434535
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2018
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Wang,Yan
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Yu,Bin;Chen,Xinguang;Wang,Yan
Background: Marijuana and tobacco are considered two closely related substances. It is of great significance to understand the mutual impact of marijuana and cigarette use when more states in the US have legalized marijuana use.Objective: This study aims to investigate the transitions between marijuana and cigarette use among adolescents and emerging adults.Method: Guided by the probabilistic discrete events systems (PDES) theory, a five-stage model with 21 transition paths was constructed to quantify dynamic transitions between marijuana and cigarette use. The five stages wereNU: Never-user,MU: Current marijuana user,CU: Current cigarette user,MCU: Current marijuana–cigarette user, andFU: Former-user. The proposed five-stage PDES model was tested using the 2013 National Survey on Drug Use and Health data (N= 26,665, 50.45% male). Transition probabilities were estimated using the Moore–Penrose generalized inverse matrix method.Result: Among the adolescents, 51.14% of theCUstransited to use marijuana (MCU/MU), higher than the proportion of those who first used marijuana and then transferred to cigarettes (MCU/CU) (41.66%). The quitting rates forMUs, CUsandMCUswere 29.38%, 25.93% and 27.76%, respectively. Of the totalFUs, 31.90% transited toMUs, 17.06% toCUs, and 17.39% toMCUs. Among the young adults, more people progressed fromMUstoCUs. Transition probabilities by single year of age were also estimated.Conclusion: This is the first study to quantify marijuana–cigarette transitions. Study findings indicate more cigarette-to-marijuana transitions for adolescents and more marijuana-to-cigarette transitions for emerging adults. Future intervention programs should consider this age-related difference in marijuana–cigarette use transitions.