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Protocol - Blunt Use

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Description

These six items are interviewer-administered.

Specific Instructions

This protocol was systematically updated to reflect the Wave 7 data collection of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study. This protocol will be formally reviewed by a TRR Content Expert Panel early in 2024.

These questions are asked of youth and adults aged 12+ in the PATH Study. These questions determine blunt use status.

These questions are to be asked of individuals who have seen or heard of traditional cigars, cigarillos, or filtered cigars.

[CIGARFILL] = traditional cigar, cigarillo, and/or filtered cigar.

Availability

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Protocol

Blunt Use

1. Sometimes people take tobacco out of a traditional cigar, cigarillo or filtered cigar and replace it with marijuana. This is sometimes called a "blunt".

Have you ever smoked part or all of a traditional cigar, cigarillo or filtered cigar with marijuana in it?

(Remember all information you give to the PATH Study will be kept private.)

1[ ]Yes

2[ ]No

-8[ ]DON’T KNOW

-7[ ]REFUSED

ASK: Respondents who have seen or heard of traditional cigars, cigarillos, or filtered cigars.

DISPLAY: Underline "ever".

2. [Sometimes people take tobacco out of a traditional cigar, cigarillo or filtered cigar and replace it with marijuana. This is sometimes called a "blunt".]

In the past 12 months, have you smoked part or all of a traditional cigar, cigarillo or filtered cigar with marijuana in it? [(Remember all information you give to the PATH Study will be kept private.)]

1[ ]Yes

2[ ]No

-8[ ]DON’T KNOW

-7[ ]REFUSED

ASK: Respondents who have ever smoked a blunt (Q1 = 1).

DISPLAY: Underline "past 12 months". If Q2 = 1, display "Sometimes people take tobacco out of a cigar, cigarillo or filtered cigar and replace it with marijuana. This is sometimes called a "blunt"." And "(Remember all the information you give to the PATH Study will be kept private.)". Else, do not display this transition text.

3. Now think about the past 12 months when you smoked traditional cigars, cigarillos or filtered cigars.

In the past 12 months, how often was any of the tobacco replaced with marijuana?

1[ ]Every time

2[ ]Most of the time

3[ ]Sometimes

4[ ]Rarely

5[ ]Never

-8[ ]DON’T KNOW

-7[ ]REFUSED

ASK: Respondents who smoked blunts in the past 12 months (Q2 = 1).

4. In the past 30 days, have you smoked a [CIGARFILL] as a blunt, even one or two puffs?

1[ ]Yes

2[ ]No

-8[ ]DON’T KNOW

-7[ ]REFUSED

ASK: Respondents who smoked blunts in the past 12 months (Q2 = 1).

5. On how many of the past 30 days did you smoke [CIGARFILL]s as blunts?

1[ ]|___|___| DAYS

-8[ ]DON’T KNOW

-7[ ]REFUSED

ASK: Past 30-day blunt smokers (Q4 = 1)

6. On average, on those [FILL NUMBER OF DAYS FROM Q5] days you smoked, how many [CIGARFILL]s did you usually smoke as a blunt each day?

1[ ]Less than 1 per day

2[ ]|___|___|

-8[ ]DON’T KNOW

-7[ ]REFUSED

ASK: Past 30-day blunt smokers (Q4 = 1).

Personnel and Training Required

None

Equipment Needs

None

Requirements
Requirement CategoryRequired
Major equipment No
Specialized training No
Specialized requirements for biospecimen collection No
Average time of greater than 15 minutes in an unaffected individual No
Mode of Administration

Self-administered or interviewer-administered questionnaire

Lifestage

Adolescent, Adult, Senior, Pregnancy

Participants

≥12 years of age

Selection Rationale

The protocol from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study was selected because this study is the most comprehensive study on tobacco use in the civilian, noninstitutionalized population of the United States. The study was initiated in 2011 and is currently conducted on an annual basis. The PATH Study is a longitudinal cohort study that includes tobacco product specific use questions and is administered to individuals aged 12 years and older. 

Language

English

Standards
StandardNameIDSource
Derived Variables

None

Process and Review

Not applicable.

Protocol Name from Source

Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study: Final Adult Interview, Wave 7 (January 2022 - December 2022)

Source

National Institutes of Health, U.S. Food and Drug Administration. (2023). Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study: Final Adult Interview, Wave 7 (January 2022 – December 2022), English Data Collection Instrument. Bethesda, MD: National Institutes of Health.

PATH ID: R07_AG9105_RS, R07_AG9107, R07_AG9106, R07_AJ9030, R07_AJ1022, R07_AJ1023

Final_PATH_Wave_7_English_Adult_Questionnaire.pdf

General References

National Institutes of Health, U.S. Food and Drug Administration. (2023). Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study: Final Adult Interview, Wave 7 (January 2022 – December 2022), English Data Collection Instrument. Bethesda, MD: National Institutes of Health. Final_PATH_Wave_7_English_Adult_Questionnaire.pdf

Protocol ID

770202

Variables
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Variable Name Variable IDVariable DescriptiondbGaP Mapping
Tobacco Regulatory Research Core: Tier 2
Measure Name

Blunt Use

Release Date

December 22, 2023

Definition

These are questions to determine frequency and quantity of blunt use. Blunts are typically made from a cigar where some or all of the tobacco is removed and replaced with marijuana/cannabis.

Purpose

This measure can be used to assess whether marijuana/cannabis in a cigar was ever used, used in the past year, and past 30-day use.

Keywords

blunt, marijuana, cannabis, traditional cigar, cigarillo, filtered cigar, Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study, PATH, National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIDA, Food and Drug Administration, FDA

Measure Protocols
Protocol ID Protocol Name
770202 Blunt Use
Publications

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