The Social Context of Adolescent Co-Use of Cigarillos and Marijuana Blunts

Antognoli, Elizabeth; Gonzalez, Sarah Koopman; Trapl, Erika S.; Cavallo, David N.; Lim, Rock; Lavanty, Brittany; Flocke, Susan A.

doi:10.1080/10826084.2017.1355388

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“…Blunting a cigar is a popular form of marijuana use among adolescents. 1 Blunting, or making a blunt, is a process whereby some or all of the tobacco is removed from a cigar product (eg, large cigar, little cigar, cigarillo, or tobacco rolling paper), then replaced with marijuana and smoked. 2,3,4 Estimates suggest that 12% to 19% of adolescents have smoked a blunt in the past month.…”

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Association Between Adolescent Blunt Use and the Uptake of Cigars

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Key PointsQuestionIs blunt use among adolescents associated with progressing to current cigar use and more frequent cigar use compared with adolescents who have never used blunts?FindingsIn this cohort study of 1825 US adolescents, ever vs never blunt use at age 14 years was significantly associated with progression to current cigar use across the following 24 months. Blunt use was not significantly associated with the number of days of cigar use across follow-up.MeaningThese findings highlight the risk that blunt use may pose for subsequent cigar use among adolescents.

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Association Between Adolescent Blunt Use and the Uptake of Cigars

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“…Two questions assessed the number of cigarillos smoked in the past 30 days. Both questions were asked separately for tipped and untipped cigarillos, since research has shown that these products may be used differently 17 29 30. First, participants were asked on how many days in the past 30 days they smoked part or all of these products.…”

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“…Then participants were asked to report how many cigarillos they had smoked each day of the past week (Monday-Sunday)—both alone and in a group (if applicable). These questions were based on extant research regarding a common pattern of smoking cigarillos as they are passed around a group 17 31. Those who reported smoking cigarillos in a group were also asked how many people were typically in the group.…”

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“…Although there is no gold standard, a widely used conventional measure of tobacco consumption relies on two global questions to assess smoking days and number of tobacco products smoked on smoking days 10 11. A growing body of evidence suggests that measurement of cigarillo use may be complicated by several issues, such as variations in product terminology,12 13 manipulation of cigarillos to include marijuana14 15 and sharing of cigarillos in a group setting 16–18. While recent research has addressed some of these issues, such as using brand-specific examples and assessing subtypes of cigar products,13 19 20 to date, none have incorporated cigarillo use patterns into a measurement strategy.…”

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A comparison of methods to measure daily cigarillo consumption among adolescents and young adults

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ObjectiveCigarillo use is widespread among young people. Accurate assessment of cigarillo consumption is necessary to inform and evaluate tobacco research, but is complicated by product sharing and irregular use. This study compares a conventional approach with a detailed approach for measuring cigarillo consumption.MethodsData are drawn from a cross-sectional, web-based survey of 1089 young (aged 15–28 years) cigarillo smokers. The conventional measure of cigarillo consumption employs two common tobacco use items—the number of days a product was smoked in the past month and the average number of products smoked per day. The detailed measure uses a time line follow-back procedure to assess product use on each of the past 7 days, both in a group and alone. Paired t-tests compare daily cigarillo use estimates from the two methods overall, and are stratified by sample characteristics and behaviours; associations with multiple factors are examined simultaneously using linear regression.ResultsCompared with the conventional measure, the detailed measure yields significantly higher daily consumption estimates for moderate and high-level users and for non-daily tobacco users, and significantly lower estimates for those who always share products and daily tobacco users. Differences remain after controlling for demographics and product use behaviours. There are no differences by gender, age, race or multiple product use.ConclusionsThe two measurement methods yield significantly different consumption estimates based on sharing behaviour, regularity of use and use level. Improving accuracy in the measurement of tobacco product consumption is important and timely for tobacco control research and policy.

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“…Non-participation was due to student absence on the day These modification processes may affect the perceived risks of CCLCs. Research among adults indicates that adults freak their cigar to make them healthier, 19 and blunts are considered healthier than non-modified cigars, 13,20 which could be related to a perception that marijuana is a less risky product than tobacco. 21…”

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