@article {Hylands134, author = {Andrew Hyland and Karin A Kasza and Nicolette Borek and Heather L Kimmel and Kristie A Taylor and Wilson M Compton and Hannah Day and Elisabeth A Donaldson and Eva Sharma and Gabriella Anic and Kathryn C Edwards and Michael J Halenar and Lynn C Hull and Wendy Kissin and Jean Limpert and Elizabeth L Seaman and Maansi Bansal-Travers and Lisa D Gardner and Hoda T Hammad and Cassandra A Stanton}, title = {Overview of tobacco use transitions for population health}, volume = {29}, number = {Suppl 3}, pages = {s134--s138}, year = {2020}, doi = {10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2019-055367}, publisher = {BMJ Publishing Group Ltd}, abstract = {The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act provided the US Food and Drug Administration authority to regulate tobacco products using a population health standard. Models have been developed to estimate the population health impacts of tobacco initiation, cessation and relapse transitions. Models should be informed by high-quality, longitudinal data to estimate these constructs. Simulation studies have generated data to predict the impact of various tobacco control interventions, including the influence of regulations on tobacco use behaviours and health. The purpose of this paper is to provide a high-level conceptual overview for understanding tobacco transition behaviours and correlates of these behaviours using data from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study, a US nationally representative longitudinal tobacco study of about 46 000 persons aged 12+ years. The papers that follow in this journal issue build and expand on this conceptual overview using data from the first three waves of the PATH Study. These papers describe use patterns of different tobacco products and their correlates, and can serve as foundations for more in-depth papers that will help the research community better understand the population health impacts and drivers of different tobacco use patterns.}, issn = {0964-4563}, URL = {https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/29/Suppl_3/s134}, eprint = {https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/29/Suppl_3/s134.full.pdf}, journal = {Tobacco Control} }