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Exploring the Experiences and Perceptions of Cigar Craving and Addiction among Young Adult Black Cigar Smokers

Black young adults have the highest prevalence of cigar smoking in the U.S. Little is known about how this population perceives addiction to cigar smoking, which may influence long-term smoking and cessation outcomes. This study used semi-structured in-depth interviews to understand cravings, trigge...

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Autores principales: Elhabashy, Maryam, Phan, Lilianna, Hamilton-Moseley, Kristen R., Broun, Aaron, Duarte, Danielle A., Ajith, Aniruddh, Jewett, Bambi, Mead-Morse, Erin L., Choi, Kelvin, Chen-Sankey, Julia
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Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9180285/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35682264
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19116680
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author Elhabashy, Maryam
Phan, Lilianna
Hamilton-Moseley, Kristen R.
Broun, Aaron
Duarte, Danielle A.
Ajith, Aniruddh
Jewett, Bambi
Mead-Morse, Erin L.
Choi, Kelvin
Chen-Sankey, Julia
author_facet Elhabashy, Maryam
Phan, Lilianna
Hamilton-Moseley, Kristen R.
Broun, Aaron
Duarte, Danielle A.
Ajith, Aniruddh
Jewett, Bambi
Mead-Morse, Erin L.
Choi, Kelvin
Chen-Sankey, Julia
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description Black young adults have the highest prevalence of cigar smoking in the U.S. Little is known about how this population perceives addiction to cigar smoking, which may influence long-term smoking and cessation outcomes. This study used semi-structured in-depth interviews to understand cravings, triggers, and perceived addiction from cigar smoking among a purposive sample of Black young adult cigar smokers (N = 40; 21–29 years). An iterative process was used to develop the codebook, and thematic analysis was used to capture findings based on the products predominantly used: cigarillos, large cigars, or blunts. Results suggest that while participants may share similar types of cravings and triggers (e.g., stress) across the use of these products, predominant blunt smokers reported more unique triggers related to relieving physical discomforts. While most participants reported cigars could be addictive to people in general, only a few perceived that they themselves were addicted. Participants who predominantly smoked cigarillos reported high perceived addiction to cigars, while those who predominantly smoked blunts reported low addiction. Education messages are needed to inform young Black adult cigar smokers about the risks and health symptoms of cigar addiction. These efforts may help increase cigar cessation seeking and reduce cigar addiction-related health consequences and disparities among Black populations.
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spelling pubmed-91802852022-06-10 Exploring the Experiences and Perceptions of Cigar Craving and Addiction among Young Adult Black Cigar Smokers Elhabashy, Maryam Phan, Lilianna Hamilton-Moseley, Kristen R. Broun, Aaron Duarte, Danielle A. Ajith, Aniruddh Jewett, Bambi Mead-Morse, Erin L. Choi, Kelvin Chen-Sankey, Julia Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Black young adults have the highest prevalence of cigar smoking in the U.S. Little is known about how this population perceives addiction to cigar smoking, which may influence long-term smoking and cessation outcomes. This study used semi-structured in-depth interviews to understand cravings, triggers, and perceived addiction from cigar smoking among a purposive sample of Black young adult cigar smokers (N = 40; 21–29 years). An iterative process was used to develop the codebook, and thematic analysis was used to capture findings based on the products predominantly used: cigarillos, large cigars, or blunts. Results suggest that while participants may share similar types of cravings and triggers (e.g., stress) across the use of these products, predominant blunt smokers reported more unique triggers related to relieving physical discomforts. While most participants reported cigars could be addictive to people in general, only a few perceived that they themselves were addicted. Participants who predominantly smoked cigarillos reported high perceived addiction to cigars, while those who predominantly smoked blunts reported low addiction. Education messages are needed to inform young Black adult cigar smokers about the risks and health symptoms of cigar addiction. These efforts may help increase cigar cessation seeking and reduce cigar addiction-related health consequences and disparities among Black populations. MDPI 2022-05-30 /pmc/articles/PMC9180285/ /pubmed/35682264 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19116680 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Mead-Morse, Erin L.
Choi, Kelvin
Chen-Sankey, Julia
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19116680
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