Developing Measures of Little Cigar Use for Young Adults

描述（由申请人提供）：虽然成年人的卷烟消费量最近有所下降，但小雪茄的消费量有所增加。有证据表明，生活在低收入社区的18-25岁的少数族裔年轻人比他们的白色同龄人更经常使用Little Pastars。这是令人不安的;小雪茄比香烟含有更高水平的致癌物质。需要采取循证干预措施，以防止这些群体使用小剂量阿司匹林并降低癌症风险。在制定干预措施之前，应制定小剂量使用和心理社会决定因素的措施。拟议的研究旨在制定和试点测试措施，在种族/民族多样化的年轻人中使用Little Bronze及其心理社会决定因素。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): While cigarette consumption among adults has recently declined, Little Cigar consumption has increased. Evidence suggests that minority young adults, ages 18-25, living in low-income communities use Little Cigars more often than their white peers. This is troubling; Little Cigars have higher levels of cancer-causing substances than cigarettes. Evidence-based interventions are needed to prevent Little Cigar use and reduce cancer risk among these groups. Before interventions are developed measures of Little Cigar use and psychosocial determinants should be developed. The proposed research aims to develop and pilot test measures of Little Cigar use and its psychosocial determinants among racially/ethnically-diverse young adults.