The co-occurrence of smoking and drinking among young adults in college: National survey results from the United States

In US colleges, alcohol and tobacco pose substantial health risks but little is known about their co-occurrence, limiting development and use of appropriately targeted prevention efforts. Data from the 2001 HSPH College Alcohol Study (student n = 10,924; college n = 120) were analyzed using multivar...

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Published in:Drug and alcohol dependence 2005-12, Vol.80 (3), p.377-386
Main Authors: Weitzman, Elissa R., Chen, Ying-Yeh
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Addictive behaviors
Adolescent
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Age of Onset
Alcohol abuse
Alcohol Drinking - epidemiology
Alcohol use
Alcoholism
Biological and medical sciences
Co-occurrence and polysubstance use
College
Comorbidity
Female
Gender differences
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Prevention
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Smoking
Smoking - epidemiology
Students - statistics & numerical data
Surveys and Questionnaires
Tobacco smoking
Tobacco, tobacco smoking
Toxicology
Undergraduate students
United States - epidemiology
Universities
USA
Youth and young adults
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Summary:In US colleges, alcohol and tobacco pose substantial health risks but little is known about their co-occurrence, limiting development and use of appropriately targeted prevention efforts. Data from the 2001 HSPH College Alcohol Study (student n = 10,924; college n = 120) were analyzed using multivariate logistic regression. Co-occurring smoking/drinking risks were examined in aggregate, by gender, and by age of onset of regular drinking and smoking across 10 measures of drinking style, three categories of transitional drinking behavior, and by treatment behavior. Over 98% of current smokers drink; a fraction (
ISSN:0376-8716
1879-0046
DOI:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2005.05.008