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Design and methods of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study

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Hyland, Andrew, Ambrose, Bridget K, Conway, Kevin P, Borek, Nicolette, Lambert, Elizabeth, Carusi, Charles, Taylor, Kristie, Crosse, Scott +33 more·2017·Tobacco Control

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BACKGROUND: This paper describes the methods and conceptual framework for Wave 1 of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study data collection. The National Institutes of Health, through the National Institute on Drug Abuse, is partnering with the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Center for Tobacco Products to conduct the PATH Study under a contract with Westat. METHODS: The PATH Study is a nationally representative, longitudinal cohort study of 45 971 adults and youth in the USA, aged 12 years and older. Wave 1 was conducted from 12 September 2013 to 15 December 2014 using Audio Computer-Assisted Self-Interviewing to collect information on tobacco-use patterns, risk perceptions and attitudes towards current and newly emerging tobacco products, tobacco initiation, cessation, relapse behaviours and health outcomes. The PATH Study's design allows for the longitudinal assessment of patterns of use of a spectrum of tobacco products, including initiation, cessation, relapse and transitions between products, as well as factors associated with use patterns. Additionally, the PATH Study collects biospecimens from consenting adults aged 18 years and older and measures biomarkers of exposure and potential harm related to tobacco use. CONCLUSIONS: The cumulative, population-based data generated over time by the PATH Study will contribute to the evidence base to inform FDA's regulatory mission under the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act and efforts to reduce the Nation's burden of tobacco-related death and disease.

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  • The PATH study is a nationally representative, longitudinal cohort of adolescents.

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Hyland, A., Ambrose, B. K., Conway, K. P., Borek, N., Lambert, E., Carusi, C., Taylor, K., Crosse, S., Fong, G. T., Cummings, K. M., Abrams, D., Pierce, J. P., Sargent, J., Messer, K., Bansal-Travers, M., Niaura, R., Vallone, D., Hammond, D., Hilmi, N., Kwan, J., Piesse, A., Kalton, G., Lohr, S., Pharris-Ciurej, N., Castleman, V., Green, V. R., Tessman, G., Kaufman, A., Lawrence, C., van Bemmel, D. M., Kimmel, H. L., Blount, B., Yang, L., O'Brien, B., Tworek, C., Alberding, D., Hull, L. C., Cheng, Y.-C., Maklan, D., Backinger, C. L., & Compton, W. M.
Affiliations
  • Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center (US)
  • United States Food and Drug Administration (US)
  • National Institutes of Health (US)
  • Westat (United States) (US)
  • Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (CA)
  • Medical University of South Carolina (US)
  • Truth Initiative (US)
  • University of California San Diego (US)
  • Dartmouth College (US)
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US)
Corresponding author
Hyland, Andrew
Venue
Tobacco Control
Publisher
BMJ
Published
2016-08-08
Volume
26
Issue
4
Pages
371-378
ISSN
  • 0964-4563 (ISSN-L)
  • 1468-3318
OpenAlex
W2518934199
Cited by
872
References
45
Citations by year
2026: 55 · 2025: 74 · 2024: 101 · 2023: 103 · 2022: 116 · 2021: 105 · 2020: 115 · 2019: 94 · 2018: 69 · 2017: 36 · 2016: 3
FWCI
54.22
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Tobacco Control (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
  • HighWire Press Open Archive (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHSN271201100027 C)
  • National Institutes of Health (Contract No. HHSN271201100027C, HHSN271201100027C)
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (HHSN271201100027C)
  • National Cancer Institute (P30CA023100, P30CA023108)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Smoking Behavior and Cessation
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
Keywords
tobacco use patterns, tobacco initiation, tobacco cessation, relapse, risk perception, biological specimen, biomarkers of tobacco exposure, longitudinal cohort, audio computer-assisted self-interviewing, Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, tobacco regulation
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Child, Female, Humans, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Middle Aged, Public Health, Research Design, Smoking, United States, Young Adult

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