TY - JOUR
T1 - Cigarette, waterpipe, and electronic cigarette use among college fraternity and sorority members and athletes in the United States
AU - Soule, Eric K.
AU - Rossheim, Matthew E.
AU - Cavazos, Tammy C.
AU - Bode, Kendall
AU - Desrosiers, Abigail C.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number 2U54DA036105-06, the Center for Tobacco Products of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and by East Carolina University. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of NIH or the FDA.
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© 2019 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Objective: To examine the association between fraternity/sorority membership and athlete status with tobacco use by tobacco product type. Participants: Undergraduate college students who participated in the Spring 2017 National College Health Assessment-II Survey (n = 47,821). Methods: Prevalence of current (past-30 day) cigarette smoking, waterpipe tobacco smoking (WTS), and e-cigarette (ECIG) use was examined. Logistic regressions examined associations between fraternity/sorority membership and participation in collegiate athletics with tobacco use. Results: Fraternity/sorority members had the highest current use rates for cigarettes, waterpipe tobacco, and ECIGs and were nearly twice as likely to report cigarette smoking, WTS, and ECIG use relative to non-fraternity/sorority members. Relative to non-varsity athletes, varsity athletes were less likely to report cigarette smoking and WTS, but not ECIG use. Conclusions: Fraternity/sorority members appear to be at risk for use of multiple tobacco products. Varsity athlete status may be protective for some tobacco products, but does not appear no for ECIG use. ECIGs may appeal to groups typically at low risk for other tobacco products.
AB - Objective: To examine the association between fraternity/sorority membership and athlete status with tobacco use by tobacco product type. Participants: Undergraduate college students who participated in the Spring 2017 National College Health Assessment-II Survey (n = 47,821). Methods: Prevalence of current (past-30 day) cigarette smoking, waterpipe tobacco smoking (WTS), and e-cigarette (ECIG) use was examined. Logistic regressions examined associations between fraternity/sorority membership and participation in collegiate athletics with tobacco use. Results: Fraternity/sorority members had the highest current use rates for cigarettes, waterpipe tobacco, and ECIGs and were nearly twice as likely to report cigarette smoking, WTS, and ECIG use relative to non-fraternity/sorority members. Relative to non-varsity athletes, varsity athletes were less likely to report cigarette smoking and WTS, but not ECIG use. Conclusions: Fraternity/sorority members appear to be at risk for use of multiple tobacco products. Varsity athlete status may be protective for some tobacco products, but does not appear no for ECIG use. ECIGs may appeal to groups typically at low risk for other tobacco products.
KW - Athletes
KW - college
KW - electronic cigarettes
KW - fraternity and sorority members
KW - tobacco
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U2 - 10.1080/07448481.2019.1680555
DO - 10.1080/07448481.2019.1680555
M3 - Article
C2 - 31702957
AN - SCOPUS:85075043884
SN - 0744-8481
VL - 69
SP - 463
EP - 469
JO - Journal of American College Health
JF - Journal of American College Health
IS - 5
ER -