Table 2.
Association Between Past-Year Blunt Use and Initiating Cigarettes, E-Cigarettes, and Any Cigar
| Cigarettes1,3,4 | E-Cigarettes1,2,4 | Any Cigar1,2,3 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | 95% CI | p-value | OR | 95% CI | p-value | OR | 95% CI | p-value | |
|
| |||||||||
| Past-Year Blunt Use | |||||||||
| Neither (ref.) | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||||||
| Non-Blunt Cannabis | 4.0 | (3.0, 5.3) | <0.001 | 2.8 | (2.4, 3.3) | <0.001 | 2.2 | (1.7, 2.8) | <0.001 |
| Blunts | 4.5 | (3.6, 5.6) | <0.001 | 3.7 | (3.2, 4.3) | <0.001 | 6.7 | (5.6, 7.9) | <0.001 |
Data: Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study Public Use Files (PUF), Waves 1–4
1
Model controlled for sex, age, race/ethnicity, annual family income, Census region, past-month other tobacco use, past-month alcohol use, past-month drug use, living with a tobacco user, and recent internalizing and externalizing problems
2
Model controlled for past-month cigarette use
3
Model controlled for past-month e-cigarette use
4
Model controlled for past-month traditional cigar, cigarillo, and filtered cigar use