2025
Latent transition analysis of use frequencies for multiple nicotine and tobacco products among US adults
Mistry R, Bondarenko I, Jeon J, Brouwer A, Mendoza E, Levy D, Elliott M, Tam J, Fleischer N, Meza R. Latent transition analysis of use frequencies for multiple nicotine and tobacco products among US adults. Addictive Behaviors 2025, 161: 108217. DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2024.108217.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-Hispanic blacksDaily cigarettesTobacco productsNon-dailyAssociated with lower oddsAssociated with higher oddsNon-Hispanic whitesFactors associated with transitionLow socioeconomic statusDaily smokeless tobaccoLatent transition analysisMultinomial logistic regressionHealth disparitiesLower educationUS adultsNon-currentSmokeless tobaccoSocioeconomic statusHigher oddsLower oddsLow-incomeLogistic regressionLatent transitionCigaretteTobacco
2024
Changing patterns of cigarette and ENDS transitions in the USA: a multistate transition analysis of adults in the PATH Study in 2017–2019 vs 2019–2021
Brouwer A, Jeon J, Jimenez-Mendoza E, Land S, Holford T, Friedman A, Tam J, Mistry R, Levy D, Meza R. Changing patterns of cigarette and ENDS transitions in the USA: a multistate transition analysis of adults in the PATH Study in 2017–2019 vs 2019–2021. Tobacco Control 2024, tc-2023-058453. PMID: 39174323, DOI: 10.1136/tc-2023-058453.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchElectronic nicotine delivery systemsPopulation Assessment of Tobacco and Health StudyLung injury outbreakAge groupsDual usePatterns of cigaretteNicotine delivery systemsENDS initiationAdult age groupsDual usersCigarette initiationPublic health implicationsHealth StudyCigaretteMultistate transition modelDelivery systemAdultsHealth implications