title: Differences in tobacco use among two-year and four-year college students in Minnesota.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study compares tobacco use rates among two-year and four-year college students and explores the demographic variables that predicted that behavior.
  
  
  METHODS
  9,931 students at 14 two-year and four-year colleges in Minnesota participated.
  
  
  METHODS
  Students at 11 schools completed an online survey, and students at 3 schools completed a paper survey in 2007.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After controlling for sex, age, ethnicity, relationship status, hours of work per week, and number of school credits, attending a two-year college predicted current and daily smoking (odds ratio [OR]) = 1.70, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.52-1.89; OR = 3.47, 95% CI = 2.94-4.11) and smokeless tobacco use (OR = 1.65, 95% CI = 1.32-2.06; OR = 1.64, 95% CI = 1.06-2.53).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although two-year college students comprise approximately two fifths of the college student population, surveys of college student tobacco use have focused nearly exclusively on four-year college students. Two-year college students should represent a priority population for tobacco control because attending a two-year college predicts increased tobacco use.
authors.affiliation: Boynton Health Service, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. jsanem@bhs.umn.edu
authors.forename: Julia R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Sanem
authors.forename: Carla J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Berg
authors.forename: Lawrence C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: An
authors.forename: Matthias A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Kirch
authors.forename: Katherine A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Lust
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008910:Minnesota / Q000453:epidemiology; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011336:Probability; D018570:Risk Assessment; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult; D014026:Nicotiana