Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2013
Abstract
Small cigar smoking among young adult cigarette smokers may be attributed to their exposure to its advertisements and promotions. We examined the association between exposure to a celebritymusic artist’s endorsement of a specific brand of small cigars and young adult cigarette smokers’ susceptibility to smoking that brand. Venue-based sampling procedures were used to select and survey a randomsample of 121 young adult cigarette smokers, aged 18–35. Fourteen percent reported exposure to the artist’s endorsement of the small cigar and 45.4% reported an intention to smoke the product in the future. The odds of small cigar smoking susceptibility increased threefold for those who reported exposure to the endorsement compared to those not exposed (OR = 3.64, 95% CI 1.06 to 12.54). Past 30-day small cigar use (OR = 3.30, 95% CI 1.24 to 8.74) and past 30-day cigar use (OR = 5.08, 95% CI 1.23, 21.08) were also associated with susceptibility to smoke a small cigar. An association between young adult cigarette smokers’ exposure to the music artist’s small cigar endorsement and their susceptibility to smoke small cigars was found.This association underscores the importance of monitoring small cigar promotions geared toward young people and their impact on small cigar product smoking.
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/520286
Recommended Citation
Kymberle L. Sterling, Roland S. Moore, Nicole Pitts, Melissa Duong, Kentya H. Ford, and Michael P. Eriksen, “Exposure to Celebrity-Endorsed Small Cigar Promotions and Susceptibility to Use among Young Adult Cigarette Smokers,” Journal of Environmental and Public Health, vol. 2013, Article ID 520286, 6 pages, 2013. doi:10.1155/2013/520286
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Journal of Environmental and Public Health Volume 2013, Article ID 520286, 6 pages doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/520286