Research Project

Trends and prevalence of tobacco product use among populations with mental disorders

Overview

  • Extracted, cleaned, and combined national PATH Study data from Waves 1, 4, and 7.
  • Applied the GAIN-SS screening tool to classify participants by mental health symptom severity.
  • Estimated weighted prevalence across nine tobacco products by mental health symptom severity using cross-sectional and replicate survey weights.

Publication

Yu, Y., Yang, Y., Dsouza, A. Trends of Tobacco Product Use Among US Adults with Mental Health Problems. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2026, 108531. doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2026.108531

Results

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