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

作者：Andrew Hyland, Bridget K. Ambrose, Kevin P. Conway, Nicolette Borek, Elizabeth Lambert, Charles Carusi, Kristie Taylor, Scott Crosse, Geoffrey T. Fong, K. Michael Cummings, David B. Abrams, John P. Pierce, James D. Sargent, Karen Messer, Maansi Bansal‐Travers, Raymond Niaura, Donna Vallone, David Hammond, Nahla Hilmi, Jonathan Kwan, Andrea Piesse, Graham Kalton, Sharon L. Lohr, Nick Pharris-Ciurej, Victoria Castleman, Victoria R. Green, Greta K. Tessman, Annette R. Kaufman, Charles Lawrence, Dana M. van Bemmel, Heather L. Kimmel, Ben Blount, Ling Yang, Barbara O’Brien, Cindy Tworek, Derek Alberding, Lynn C Hull, Yu-Ching Cheng, David Maklan, Cathy L. Backinger, Wilson M. Compton · 发表于：Tobacco Control · 年份：2016 · DOI：10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2016-052934 · 被引用次数：879 · 研究领域：Smoking Behavior and Cessation、Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging、Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology

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 t...