247647 Dual use of tobacco (smoking cigarette and using smokeless tobacco) and intention to quit smoking among adult smokers: Results from Tobacco Use Supplement to Current Population Survey (TUS-CPS) 2006/2007

Monday, October 31, 2011

Lava Timsina, MPH , College of Public Health, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Mohammad Siahpush, PhD , Health Promotion, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Gopal K. Singh, PhD , Office of Data and Program Development, HRSA/Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Rockville, MD
Background: Limited studies exist that have examined the effect of concomitant use of smokeless and cigarette form of tobacco on smoking and intention to quit smoking. The objective of this study was to examine the association of dual use of tobacco (smoking cigarette and using smokeless tobacco) with intention to quit smoking among current adult smokers in the US.

Methods: The study used a sample of current smokers over 18 years (n=40,328) from the Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey (TUS-CPS) in the US. Logistic regressions were conducted to estimate the association of intention to quit smoking with dual use of tobacco.

Results: In bivariate analysis dual users were 20% less likely to have intention to quit smoking than those who were only cigarette smokers (OR 0.80; 95% CI: 0.74-0.87). After adjusting for age, race/ethnicity, equivalized income, education, and occupation dual users were still significantly less likely to quit smoking than those who were only cigarette smokers (OR 0.81; 95% CI: 0.74-0.89). After addition of self efficacy to quit in the previous multivariate model intention to quit smoking increased (OR 0.92; 95% CI: 0.83-1.02) but there was no significant association between dual use of tobacco and intention to quit smoking (p=0.131).

Conclusions: The findings of this study are expected to better inform the tobacco control and public health communities about the association of dual use of tobacco with intention to quit smoking and adopt appropriate strategy to reduce harm of cigarette smoking among US adults.

Learning Areas:
Public health or related research
Social and behavioral sciences

Learning Objectives:
The participants will be able to explain the association between dual use of tobacco (smoking cigarette and using smokeless tobacco) and intention to quit smoking among current smokers over 18 years of age in a population based study in the US.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am qualified to be an abstract author and present because I have a substantial experience in tobacco control research involving data from Tobacco Use Supplement to Current Population Survey (TUS-CPS).
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.