Ralph DiGaetano, Sylvia Dohrmann, Ethel V Taylor, Colm D Everard, Victoria Castleman, Ting Yan, Heather L Kimmel, Izabella Zandberg, Andrea Piesse, Jean D Opsomer, Nicolette Borek, Marushka L Silveira, Frost Hubbard, Kristie Taylor, MeLisa R Creamer, Anikah H Salim, Eva Sharma, Yu-Ching Cheng, Victoria Vignare, Tammy Cook, Wioletta Szeszel-Fedorowicz, Yumiko Siegfried, Charles Carusi, Debra Stark, Silvana Skara, Andrew Hyland
The Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study is a nationally representative, longitudinal study of the US population on tobacco use and its effects on health, collecting data annually since 2013. The COVID-19 pandemic interrupted in-person survey data collections around the world. In the USA, this included a PATH Study data collection focused on youth (13-17) and young adults (18-19) as well as other US surveys on tobacco use. Given that it was necessary to pause data collection and considering that tobacco-use behaviours could be expected to change along with pandemic-related changes in the social environment, the original design for the 2020 PATH Study data collection for youth and young adults was modified...
April 26, 2024: Tobacco Control