Disparities in trajectories of cigarette and E-cigarette use across sexual orientation groups of young adult men and women in the US

Authors

Katelyn F. Romm, TSET Health Promotion Research Center, Stephenson Cancer Center, Univeristy of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA; Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA. Electronic address: katelyn-romm@ouhsc.edu.
Amy M. Cohn, TSET Health Promotion Research Center, Stephenson Cancer Center, Univeristy of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA; Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA.
Yan Wang, Department of Prevention and Community Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
River Williams, Department of Global Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
Carla J. Berg, Department of Prevention and Community Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA; George Washington Cancer Center, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

10-1-2023

Journal

Addictive behaviors

Volume

145

DOI

10.1016/j.addbeh.2023.107763

Keywords

Cigarette use; Sexual orientation; Trajectories; Young adults; e-Cigarette use

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Limited research has examined differences in cigarette/e-cigarette use trajectories among specific subgroups of sexual minority (SM) young adult (SMYA) men and women. METHODS: Repeated measures latent profile analyses (RMLPAs) examined past 6-month cigarette and e-cigarette use trajectories across 5 waves of data (2018-2020) among men (n = 1235; M = 25.56, SD = 4.85; 8.0% bisexual, 12.7% gay; 36.4% racial/ethnic minority) and women (n = 1574; M = 24.64, SD = 4.72; 23.8% bisexual, 5.9% lesbian; 35.3% racial/ethnic minority) residing in 6 US metropolitan statistical areas. Multinomial logistic regressions examined associations among sexual orientation (bisexual, gay/lesbian, heterosexual) and tobacco use trajectories among men and women, separately. RESULTS: RMLPAs yielded a 6-profile solution: stable low-level cigarette and e-cigarette use (66.6%), stable low-level cigarette and high-level e-cigarette use (12.2%), stable low-level cigarette and decreasing e-cigarette use (6.2%), stable mid-level cigarette and low-level e-cigarette use (6.2%), stable high-level cigarette and low-level e-cigarette use (4.5%), and stable high-level cigarette and e-cigarette use (4.2%). Gay (vs. heterosexual) men were less likely to display stable low-level cigarette and stable high-level e-cigarette use. Bisexual (vs. heterosexual) women were more likely to display stable low-level cigarette and stable high-level e-cigarette use, stable low-level cigarette and decreasing high-level e-cigarette use, and stable high-level cigarette and stable low-level e-cigarette use. CONCLUSIONS: Bisexual women were at greatest risk for displaying several problematic cigarette and e-cigarette use trajectories, whereas few differences emerged for men. Tailored interventions and campaigns are needed to curtail ongoing tobacco use disparities among SMYA men and women, particularly bisexual women.

APA Citation

Romm, Katelyn F.; Cohn, Amy M.; Wang, Yan; Williams, River; and Berg, Carla J., "Disparities in trajectories of cigarette and E-cigarette use across sexual orientation groups of young adult men and women in the US" (2023). GW Authored Works. Paper 2664.
https://hsrc.himmelfarb.gwu.edu/gwhpubs/2664

Department

Prevention and Community Health