Tobacco use among non-elderly adults with and without criminal justice involvement in the past year: United States, 2008-2016

Tyler N A Winkelman, Katherine Diaz Vickery, Andrew M Busch, Tyler N A Winkelman, Katherine Diaz Vickery, Andrew M Busch

Abstract

Background: Tobacco use remains the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the United States and is concentrated among disadvantaged populations, including individuals with a history of criminal justice involvement. However, tobacco use among individuals with a history of criminal justice involvement has been understudied in the United States, and data are needed to inform policy and practice.

Methods: We used data from the 2008-2016 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (unweighted N = 330,130) to examine trends in tobacco use, categories of tobacco use, characteristics of cigarette use, and health care utilization and tobacco use screening among individuals (aged 18-64) with and without a history of criminal justice involvement in the past year. We used multiple logistic and Poisson regression models with predictive margins to provide adjusted prevalence estimates.

Results: The weighted sample in each year was, on average, representative of 8,693,171 individuals with a history of criminal justice involvement in the past year and 182,817,228 individuals with no history of criminal justice involvement in the past year. Tobacco use was significantly more common among individuals with a history of criminal justice involvement compared with individuals with no criminal justice involvement, and disparities increased over time (Difference in adjusted relative differences: - 10.2% [95% CI - 17.7 to - 2.7]). In 2016, tobacco use prevalence was more than two times higher among individuals with a history of criminal justice involvement (62.9% [95% CI 59.9-66.0] vs. 27.6% [95% CI 26.9-28.3]). Individuals with a history of criminal justice involvement who smoked reported a significantly earlier age of cigarette initiation, more cigarettes used per day, and higher levels of nicotine dependence and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Individuals with a history of criminal justice involvement were less likely to report an outpatient medical visit in the past year and, among those reporting an outpatient medical visit, were less likely to be asked about tobacco use, but paradoxically, more likely to report being advised to quit.

Conclusions: Novel programs and tobacco control policies are needed to address persistently high rates of tobacco use and reduce cardiovascular morbidity and mortality among individuals with a history of criminal justice involvement.

Keywords: Cigarettes; Criminal justice; Disparities; Smoking; Tobacco use.

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Past month tobacco use by history of criminal justice involvement, United States 2008–2016. Estimates are adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, and sex
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Categories of tobacco use by history of criminal justice involvement, United States 2015–2016. Estimates are adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, and sex. ***P 

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