Young Adults as a Tobacco Control Priority Population in the US
Menée aux Etats-Unis entre 2002 et 2018 par enquêtes annuelles auprès de 71 756 jeunes adultes de 22-23 ans, cette étude analyse l'évolution de la proportion des fumeurs ayant commencé à fumer à l'adolescence (avant 18 ans) ou au début de l'âge adulte (entre 18 et 23 ans), puis étudie la prévalence des fumeurs quotidiens sur ces 2 périodes
The study by Barrington-Trimis et al used data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health to examine the proportion of young adult cigarette smokers (aged 22-23 years) who initiated smoking in young adulthood from 2002 to 2018. Barrington-Trimis and colleagues found that during this period with population-level declines in cigarette smoking among youth and young adults, the average age of smoking initiation and the proportion of new initiates and daily smokers who were young adults increased. This shift is not surprising given that the prevalence of cigarette smoking decreased substantially among adolescents aged 12 to 17 years from 13.0% in 2002 to an all-time low of 2.7% in 2018.
JAMA Network Open , commentaire en libre accès, 2019