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Title: The Longitudinal Impact of Arrest, Criminal Conviction, and Incarceration on Smoking Classes
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1. Hassett-Walker, Connie
The Longitudinal Impact of Arrest, Criminal Conviction, and Incarceration on Smoking Classes
Tobacco Use Insights published online (24 May 2022): DOI: 10.1177/1179173X221089710.
Also: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1179173X221089710
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: Sage Publications
Keyword(s): Arrests; Cigarette Use (see Smoking); Criminal Justice System; Incarceration/Jail

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Background: Previous research identifies three to six smoking classes over the life course. This study expands on earlier work about the impact of getting arrested in early adulthood on individuals' smoking classes, by including additional, more serious measures of justice system involvement (JSI), specifically criminal conviction and incarceration. Family processes were examined as secondary outcomes.

Method: Data from seventeen waves (1997-2015) of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth were analyzed via group-based trajectory modeling (GBTM), multinomial logistic regression, and latent transition analyses (LTA). Smoking behavior through age 36 is examined. Marital status, parenthood, juvenile smoking, juvenile arrest, and prior crime victimization experiences were also included in the models.

Results: Seven smoking classes were revealed: two low- or non-smoking classes; two decreasing classes; and three "problem" smoking (e.g., increasing, or chronic) classes. All JSI types increased the likelihood of being in a smoking class rather than a non-smoking class. Arrest and conviction had larger odds ratios than the most severe form of JSI--incarceration--with respect to respondents' likelihood of being in an increasing or chronic smoking class. Juvenile smoking was the most robust predictor of smoking in adulthood.

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Hassett-Walker, Connie. "The Longitudinal Impact of Arrest, Criminal Conviction, and Incarceration on Smoking Classes." Tobacco Use Insights published online (24 May 2022): DOI: 10.1177/1179173X221089710.