Multivariable analysis with time-dependent exposure and confounders After considering time-dependent exposure and confounders identified by the DAG (Figure 2), we used MSM with the GEE approach, adjusting for age at initiation of cigarette-use, sex (time-independent confounders), income, alcohol consumption, and motivation to quit smoking (time-dependent confounders) through IPW to balance confounders across each type of cigarette-use
2 Additionally, LGBTQ people are more than twice as likely to be exposed to e-cigarette content on social media and internet platforms (including Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, and Tumblr) than non-LGBTQ people
Simply put, it tells us how sensitive consumers are to price fluctuations
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US Smoking Rates by the Numbers The prevalence of smoking in the US didnt arrive at 11% overnight but relied on a steady decline throughout the 1970s and 1980s