Tribal Tobacco Use Project II: Planning, Implementation, and Dissemination Using Culturally Relevant Data Collection among American Indian Communities.

American Indians have substantially higher commercial tobacco-related cancer rates when compared to the general population. To effectively combat commercial tobacco-related cancer, it is important that tribal nations obtain current and accurate community-specific data on commercial tobacco use and exposure-related attitudes and behaviors. With the goal to collect, synthesize, and disseminate data on tobacco use, including the role traditional tobacco plays among American Indian people, the American Indian Cancer Foundation (AICAF) and various stakeholders developed and implemented the Tribal Tobacco Use Project II (TTUP II) during 2018-2021.

Stroke Incidence and Survival in American Indians, Blacks, and Whites: The Strong Heart Study and Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study.

Background American Indians ( AIs ) have high stroke morbidity and mortality. We compared stroke incidence and mortality in AI s, blacks, and whites. Methods and Results Pooled data from 2 cardiovascular disease cohort studies included 3182 AI s from the SHS (Strong Heart Study), aged 45 to 74 years at baseline (1988-1990) and 3765 blacks and 10 413 whites from the ARIC (Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities) Study, aged 45 to 64 years at baseline (1987-1989).

Feasibility of a Systems Approach to Treat Commercial Tobacco Dependence within American Indian Health Clinics.

American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) have the highest smoking prevalence, smoking-related disease, and mortality rates of any racial or ethnic group. Three AI health clinics in Minnesota implemented an evidence-based tobacco dependence treatment intervention that included provider education and customized clinical system tools. A baseline assessment of each clinic facility guided the focus of the intervention and tailored the clinical system tools.

Barriers to Quitting Smoking Among Young Adults: The Role of Socioeconomic Status.

Purpose: The aims of this analysis were to explore how self-reported barriers to quitting vary by socioeconomic status (SES) among young-adult smokers and to assess their relationship to quitting.

Design: This analysis uses 2 waves of telephone-survey data from the Minnesota Adolescent Community Cohort study.

Setting: Midwestern United States.

Sources and Number of Coupons for Cigarettes and Snus Received by a Cohort of Young Adults.

Purpose: To examine the sources of tobacco coupons and their influence on susceptibility to snus use.

Design: Cohort study.

Setting: Minnesota Adolescent Community Cohort Study.

Trajectories of Cigarette Smoking From Teens to Young Adulthood: 2000 to 2013.

Purpose: To identify trajectories of smoking behaviors of a cohort of youth followed through young adulthood from 2000 to 2013.

Design: The Minnesota Adolescent Community Cohort study, a population-based cohort study.

Setting: Nationwide, originating in the Midwestern United States.

Trends in self-efficacy to quit and smoking urges among homeless smokers participating in a smoking cessation RCT.

Introduction: In the U.S., approximately 73% of homeless adults smoke cigarettes and they experience difficulty quitting.

Cessation-related weight concern among homeless male and female smokers.

Concern about post-cessation weight gain is a barrier to making attempts to quit smoking; however, its effect on smoking cessation is unclear. In this study we examine cessation-related weight concern among the homeless, which hasn't been studied. Homeless males (n = 320) and females (n = 110) participating in a smoking cessation RCT in the Twin Cities, Minnesota from 2009 to 2011 completed surveys on cessation-related weight concern, smoking status, and components from the Behavioral Model for Vulnerable Populations.

Cultural Contributors to Smoking Susceptibility Outcomes Among Latino Youth: The Padres Informados/Jovenes Preparados Participatory Trial.

Padres Informados/Jovenes Preparados is a community-based participatory, family-focused tobacco prevention intervention for immigrant Latino families of adolescents. We conducted a participatory randomized controlled trial including 352 Latino families. Parents and youth in the intervention condition engaged in eight family skill building sessions.

Trends in Awareness, Use of, and Beliefs About Electronic Cigarette and Snus Among a Longitudinal Cohort of US Midwest Young Adults.

Introduction: Few longitudinal studies have examined how awareness, use of, and beliefs about electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) and snus change over time. We assessed these trends in a cohort of young adults from the US Midwest.

Methods: Data were from the Minnesota Adolescent Community Cohort (MACC) Study, collected annually during 2010-2013 when participants were 21-29 years old (n = 2622).

Influences and Practices in Colorectal Cancer Screening Among Health Care Providers Serving Northern Plains American Indians, 2011-2012.

Introduction: The epidemiology of colorectal cancer, including incidence, mortality, age of onset, stage of diagnosis, and screening, varies regionally among American Indians. The objective of the Improving Northern Plains American Indian Colorectal Cancer Screening study was to improve understanding of colorectal cancer screening among health care providers serving Northern Plains American Indians.

Methods: Data were collected, in person, from a sample of 145 health care providers at 27 health clinics across the Northern Plains from May 2011 through September 2012.

Cigarette Smoking Among Urban American Indian Adults - Hennepin and Ramsey Counties, Minnesota, 2011.

In 2013, it was estimated that the prevalence of cigarette smoking among American Indians was 36.5%, the highest of all racial/ethnic groups in the continental United States (1). Among American Indians, considerable cultural and geographic variation in cigarette smoking exists.

Social and Environmental Factors Related to Smoking Cessation among Mothers: Findings from the Geographic Research on Wellbeing (GROW) Study.

Objectives: The current study examined associations between race/ethnicity and psychosocial/environmental factors with current smoking status, and whether psychosocial/environmental factors accounted for racial differences in smoking status in a population-based sample of mothers in California.

Methods: Cross-sectional data from 542 women with a history of smoking were used. Analyses adjusted for age, partner status, and educational attainment.

Economic Impact of Tobacco Price Increases Through Taxation: A Community Guide Systematic Review.

Context: Tobacco use is a leading cause of preventable death in the U.S. and around the world.

Snus use and smoking behaviors: preliminary findings from a prospective cohort study among US Midwest young adults.

The effect of snus use on smoking behaviors among US young adults is largely unknown. Data from the Minnesota Adolescent Community Cohort Study collected in 2010 to 2011 and 2011 to 2012 (participants aged 20-28 years) showed that young adult nonsmokers who had tried snus were subsequently more likely than those who had not tried snus to become current smokers (n = 1696; adjusted odds ratio = 1.79; 95% confidence interval = 1.

Young adults' support for adult-ratings for movies depicting smoking and for restrictions on tobacco magazine advertising.

Introduction: Smoking images in movies and tobacco advertisements in magazines are influential on adolescent smoking behaviors, and restrictions of these advertising strategies can reduce the prevalence of adolescent smoking. We assessed young adults' level of support for adult ratings for movies depicting smoking and for restrictions on tobacco magazine advertising.

Methods: Young adults from the U.

Frequency and characteristics associated with exposure to tobacco direct mail marketing and its prospective effect on smoking behaviors among young adults from the US Midwest.

Objectives: We examined the exposure to tobacco direct mail marketing and its effect on subsequent smoking behaviors in a US Midwest regional cohort of young adults.

Methods: Data were collected from 2622 young adults (mean age = 24 years) in 2010 to 2011 (baseline) and 2011 to 2012 (follow-up). We collected information on demographics, tobacco use, and exposure to tobacco direct mail materials in the previous 6 months at baseline.

Latent classes of young adults based on use of multiple types of tobacco and nicotine products.

Introduction: New tobacco and nicotine products such as snus, hookah, and electronic cigarettes have risen in popularity in recent years. Use of these products among young adults is of particular interest given that experimentation with new products is common in young adulthood.

Methods: We conducted latent class analysis among a population-based sample of young adults to identify separate classes based on use of 6 types of tobacco or nicotine products: snus, hookah, electronic cigarettes, cigarillos, snuff, and cigarettes.

Do Sources of Cigarettes Among Adolescents Vary by Age Over Time?

Trends in sources of cigarettes among adolescents were assessed using data from a teen cohort (2000-2006). Five sources-bought from store, got from other teen, stole from others, bought from others, and got from an adult-were measured over time by age. The most common source among all ages was other teens.

Tobacco direct mail marketing and smoking behaviors in a cohort of adolescents and young adults from the U.S. upper Midwest: a prospective analysis.

Introduction: We assessed the characteristics of adolescents and young adults who received tobacco direct mail materials and the association of receiving these materials with subsequent smoking behaviors.

Methods: Adolescents from the upper Midwest region of the United States were sampled through clustered random sampling in 2000 and surveyed every 6 months. Participants (n = 3546) were asked at baseline (October 2006-March 2007) whether they had received direct mail materials from tobacco companies during the previous 6 months.

Transitions in smoking behavior during emerging adulthood: a longitudinal analysis of the effect of home smoking bans.

Objectives: We studied the effect of home smoking bans on transitions in smoking behavior during emerging adulthood.

Methods: We used latent transition analysis to examine movement between stages of smoking from late adolescence (ages 16-18 years) to young adulthood (ages 18-20 years) and the effect of a home smoking ban on these transitions. We used data from the Minnesota Adolescent Community Cohort study collected in 2004 to 2006.

Beliefs and experimentation with electronic cigarettes: a prospective analysis among young adults.

Background: Previous cross-sectional studies found that positive beliefs about electronic nicotine delivery systems (commonly known as electronic cigarettes or e-cigarettes) were associated with use of these products. However, the prospective association between these beliefs and subsequent use of e-cigarettes is unclear.

Purpose: To identify the beliefs predicting subsequent use of e-cigarettes.

The effects of a tobacco intervention on binge drinking among African American light smokers.

Tobacco use and binge drinking are commonly associated with each other and research has shown that reducing smoking may influence alcohol use in alcohol-dependent populations. Although African Americans report a lower prevalence of binge drinking than other racial/ethnic groups, they are more likely to report consequences associated with this behavior. The aim of this article was to study the effect of a smoking intervention (counseling) on binge drinking prevalence and the frequency and average daily alcohol consumption in a sample of African American light smokers (those who smoke 10 cigarettes or less per day).

Designing and evaluating culturally specific smoking cessation interventions for American Indian communities.

Introduction: American Indians have the highest smoking rates in the United States, yet few randomized controlled trials of culturally specific interventions exist. This study assessed American Indians' opinions about evidence-based treatment and attitudes toward participating in clinical trials.

Methods: Six focus groups were conducted based on smoking status (current/former smoker), sex, and elder status (55 years and older or younger).