title: Association between financial dependence and tobacco use among young adults.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the relationship between financial dependence on parents and young adult tobacco use.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional data (N = 4195) were analyzed. Multinomial and binary logistic regression were used to model financial dependence as a predictor of tobacco use and frequency of use.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Most participants were financially independent (53.5%) and current (27.3%) or previous (26.8%) users. Income, education, and employment interacted with financial dependence to predict tobacco use. Dependent participants had greater odds of current (OR range: 3.28-7.17) and lower odds of previous use (0.14-0.37) than independent participants. Financial dependence did not predict frequency of current use.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Greater financial dependence on parents is associated with increased current and decreased previous tobacco use among young adults.
authors.affiliation: Rescue Social Change Group, Washington, DC, USA. carolyn.stalgaitis@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Carolyn A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Stalgaitis
authors.affiliation: American Legacy Foundation, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: Jessica M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Rath
authors.affiliation: American Legacy Foundation, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: Valerie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: Heather J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Hoffman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004522:Educational Status; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents; D012907:Smoking / Q000523:psychology*; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult