美国成年吸烟者中使用薄荷香烟的社会人口统计和时间差异,1999-2018年
Yiling J Cheng1, James Tsai2, Monica E Cornelius2
1Office on Smoking and Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway NE, Mail Stop S107-7, Atlanta, GA 30341 (ycc1@cdc.gov).
Preventing chronic disease
|March 28, 2024
概括
美国成年人,特别是年轻人,女性和健康状况良好/不佳的人群中,薄荷香烟的使用量正在增加. 非西班牙裔黑人成年人患病率最高,而墨西哥裔美国人成年人使用薄荷醇的增长最快.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 健康差异 在健康上的差异
背景情况:
- 监测薄荷香烟的使用对于识别和解决潜在的健康差异至关重要.
- 了解薄荷香烟消费的社会人口统计和时间趋势对于有针对性的公共卫生干预至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了检查在美国成年吸烟者中使用薄荷香烟的社会人口和时间差异.
- 为了确定特定的人口亚群,在薄荷香烟消费中具有很高的流行率或增长趋势.
主要方法:
- 从国家健康和营养检查调查 (NHANES) 的数据分析,涵盖1999-2018年.
- 包括20岁及以上的美国成年吸烟者 (N=11,431).
- 应用二进制物流回归来评估流行率和趋势,并根据主要的人口和健康因素进行调整.
主要成果:
- 美国成年吸烟者中使用薄荷香烟的总流行率为28.8%.
- 在对共变量进行调整后,使用薄荷香烟的平均年增幅为3.8%.
- 非西班牙裔黑人成年人患病率最高 (73.0%),而墨西哥裔美国人成年人年增幅最快 (7.1%).
- 年轻的成年人 (20-29岁),女性成年人,以及健康状况良好或不良的人群也表现出更高的患病率和/或薄荷香烟使用趋势的增加.
结论:
- 吸烟的非西班牙裔黑人成年人中,使用薄荷香烟的流行率最高.
- 薄荷香烟的使用在墨西哥裔美国成年人,年轻人以及那些报告健康状况不佳的人群中显著增加.
- 调查结果强调,需要制定定制策略来解决薄荷香烟使用差异的问题.
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