title: A multiple indicators and multiple causes model of alternative tobacco use.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the relationship between adolescents' cigarette smoking experiences and alternative tobacco product (ATP) use.
  
  
  METHODS
  Multiple indicators and multiple causes (MIMIC) models estimated simultaneously the relationship between cigarette smoking experiences  and ATP use among high school students (N=1827) completing the 2009 Virginia Youth Tobacco Survey.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Overall, ATP use was associated with adolescents' ever use of cigarettes, early onset of cigarette smoking, cigarettes smoked per day, and peer smoking; however, important model  differences between racial/ethnic groups were observed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Prevention and cessation programs might reduce adolescent ATP use by targeting specific characteristics of cigarette smoking.
authors.affiliation: Virginia Commonwealth University, Institute for Drug and Alcohol Studies, Department of Psychology, Richmond, VA, USA. anasim@vcu.edu
authors.forename: Aashir
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nasim
authors.forename: Melissa D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Blank
authors.forename: Caroline O
authors.initials: CO
authors.lastname: Cobb
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Eissenberg
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D000328:Adult; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010379:Peer Group; D012907:Smoking / Q000523:psychology*; D062789:Tobacco Products / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014768:Virginia