E-Cigarette Use in Young Adult Never Cigarette Smokers with Disabilities: Results from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey

Atuegwu, Nkiruka C.; Litt, Mark D.; Krishnan‐Sarin, Suchitra; Laubenbacher, Reinhard; Perez, Mario F.; Mortensen, Eric M.

doi:10.3390/ijerph18105476

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“…Fifth, while tobacco use has been linked with mental health conditions such as anxiety and depression [13], it was beyond the scope of our study to investigate the relationship PLOS GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH between disability, mental health, and tobacco use. Lastly, while some recent studies have demonstrated disparities in e-cigarette use between adults with disabilities and those without [56][57][58], little or no DHS data were available on e-cigarettes or other non-combustible nicotine and tobacco products (e.g., heated tobacco products, nicotine pouches, etc. ); this is an area for future work.…”

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Tobacco use among adults with disabilities in nine countries–Demographic and Health Survey, 2016–2021

Kress,

Vashist,

Zhang

et al. 2024

PLOS Glob Public Health

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Few studies have investigated tobacco use among people with disabilities living in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). We aimed to examine current tobacco use among men and women with disabilities using Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data from 9 LMICs. We considered a respondent currently use tobacco products if they reported current use of any combustible/smoked tobacco products or smokeless tobacco products. We performed secondary analyses of DHS data from 2016–2021 collected in Haiti, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Pakistan, Rwanda, South Africa, Timor-Leste, and Uganda. We examined marginal effects in logistic regression to calculate the adjusted prevalence and adjusted prevalence differences of tobacco use by disability status, controlling for selected sociodemographic characteristics. The adjusted prevalence of current use of tobacco products among women with a moderate/severe disability, mild disability, and no disability varied across countries, with medians of 1.9% (range = 0.1% [Mali] to 11.3% [Pakistan]), 3.2% (range = 0.9% [Nigeria] to 13.3% [South Africa]), and 2.3% (range = 0.5% [Nigeria] to 8.9% [South Africa]), respectively. For men with moderate/severe disability, the median adjusted prevalence for current use of tobacco products was 18.8% (range = 8.9% [Rwanda] to 55.0% [Timor-Leste]). The median prevalences of current use of tobacco products for men with mild disability and no disability were similar to those with moderate/severe disability, at 16.5% and 15.9%, respectively. Current tobacco product use among people with disabilities varied for countries included in our study; however, with few exceptions, current tobacco product use was similar across disability status groups. Additional research is warranted to determine whether our findings extend beyond the nine countries assessed here. It is important to consider the needs of people with disabilities in tobacco prevention, control, and cessation efforts so that this substantial population can benefit equitably from such programs, interventions, or policies.

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