Menthol tobacco use is correlated with mental health symptoms in a national sample of young adults: implications for future health risks and policy recommendations

Table 1 Weighted sample characteristics by mental health status, across all waves (1-7) in n = 9720 young adults using crude unadjusted Poisson regression

		Total	Anxiety	Depression
		Weighted N = 26,587	Weighted N = 3,870	Weighted N = 3,549
	Overall		14.70 %	13.43 %
Age	18-24 (referent)	60.26 %	14.49 %	13.04 %
Age	25-34	39.74 %	15.02 %	14.02 %
Sex	Male (referent)	49.68 %	12.36 %	12.19 %
Sex	Female	50.32 %	17.01 %**	14.65 %*
Race	White, non-Hispanic (referent)	58.26 %	14.37 %	11.80 %
	Black, non-Hispanic	13.14 %	15.87 %	16.62 %**
	Other, non-Hispanic	8.35 %	16.42 %	15.91 %*
	Hispanic	20.25 %	14.19 %	15.05 %*
Education	Less than high school	11.81 %	18.37 %*	16.64 %**
	High school	27.13 %	15.33 %	15.69 %**
	Some college or greater (referent)	61.05 %	13.72 %	11.81 %
Financial Situation	Don’t meet basic expenses	7.85 %	26.90 %**	26.31 %**
	Just meet basic expenses	30.97 %	18.27 %**	16.42 %**
	Meet needs with a little left (referent)	37.84 %	11.86 %	10.64 %
	Live comfortably	23.34 %	9.85 %*	9.16 %
Past 30-day tobacco use	No (referent)	75.57 %	12.59 %	11.63 %
Past 30-day tobacco use	Yes	24.43 %	21.23 %**	19.00 %**
Past 30-day menthol tobacco use	No (referent)	90.23 %	13.60 %	12.40 %
Past 30-day menthol tobacco use	Yes	9.77 %	24.96 %**	22.93 %**
Current alcohol use	No (referent)	42.55 %	13.92 %	13.36 %
Current alcohol use	Yes	57.45 %	15.28 %**	13.48 %
Current marijuana use	No (referent)	87.43 %	13.19 %	12.06 %
Current marijuana use	Yes	12.57 %	25.27 %**	22.99 %**
Current other drug use	No (referent)	97.54 %	13.96 %	12.77 %
Current other drug use	Yes	2.46 %	44.14 %**	39.65 %**

Note. Unweighted respondent n = 9658. Data represent row percents. Missingness for financial situation due to lagged wave assessment was 7.0 %. Both 30-day tobacco use and 30-day menthol tobacco use were assessed out of the full study sample. Those with missing data on alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, and other drug use (<2 %) were defined as non-current users
*p < 0.05 **p <0.001

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