A Special Issue, Patterns of Tobacco Product Use in the United States: Transitions across Three Waves of the PATH Study (2013-2016), has been published in Tobacco Control. This Special Issue, a collaboration between NIDA, FDA, CDC, Westat and Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, examines tobacco transition behaviors and correlates of these behaviors using data from the NIH and FDA supported Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study, a U.S. nationally representative longitudinal tobacco study of about 46,000 persons aged 12+ years. The issue includes a series of peer-reviewed papers, each focused on a tobacco product (cigarette, e-cigarette, hookah, cigar, and smokeless) and examining 3-wave longitudinal pathways of exclusive and poly- tobacco product use for youth, young adults, and adults 25 years or older. Longitudinal three-wave pathways of exclusive and poly- tobacco initiation among baseline never users are also featured, with exploration of common pathways for new initiators of e-cigarettes and cigarettes. Moreover, three papers in the issue use weighted generalized estimating equations to evaluate correlates of tobacco product initiation, cessation, and relapse. Please check out the issue or download any of the 11 papers here:
https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/29/Suppl_3