title: Little Cigar and Cigarillo Beliefs and Behaviors among African-American Young Adults.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To inform the development of future research and culturally-targeted interventions to address little cigar and cigarillo (LCC) use among an at-risk population: African-American (AA) young adults. Additionally, this project assesses LCC use and perception differences between college- and non-college attending AA young adults who use LCCs.
  
  
  METHODS
  Separate focus groups with college and non-college attending AA young adult LCC users assessed participants' attitudes, norms, and perceived behavioral controls regarding LCC use, which was guided by the Theory of Planned Behavior. A thematic analysis following standard qualitative methods procedures revealed 5 themes.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Participants shared overwhelmingly positive attitudes toward LCC use, ubiquitous use in their communities, and limited barriers to use. Additionally, participants had difficulty separating LCC and marijuana use practices because LCCs often served as carriers for marijuana. There were no substantive differences between the college and non-college samples with respect to overall themes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Future research should assess LCC intended versus altered use and create culturally relevant intervention measures.
authors.affiliation: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Maegan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stephens
authors.affiliation: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Motolani E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Ogunsanya
authors.affiliation: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA. kentya.ford@austin.utexas.edu.
authors.forename: Kentya H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Ford
authors.affiliation: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Benita A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Bamgbade
authors.affiliation: Doctoral Candidate, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Ming-Ching
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Liang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008385:Marijuana Smoking / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D012907:Smoking / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D062789:Tobacco Products; D055815:Young Adult