Effects of cannabis use on cigarette smoking cessation in LGBTQ+ individuals.

Pang RD, Schuler LA, Blosnich JR, Allem JP, Kirkpatrick MG. Effects of cannabis use on cigarette smoking cessation in LGBTQ+ individuals. Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors. 2024 Mar 14.

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OBJECTIVE: Sexual and gender minority individuals are more likely to use tobacco and cannabis and have lower cigarette cessation. This study examined cannabis use associations with daily cigarettes smoked in sexual and gender minority individuals before and during a quit attempt. METHOD: Participants included dual smoking same-sex/gender couples from California that were willing to make a quit attempt (individual = 205, 68.3% female sex). Participants reported baseline past 30-day cannabis use and number of cigarettes smoked and cannabis use (yes/no) during 35 nightly surveys. Individuals with current cannabis use reported baseline cannabis use and/or nightly survey cannabis use. Multilevel linear models predicted number of cigarettes smoked by cannabis use. RESULTS: Number of cigarettes decreased from before to during a quit attempt, but this decrease was smaller in individuals with current cannabis use compared to no current cannabis use ( < .001). In individuals with current cannabis use, number of cigarettes smoked was greater on days with cannabis use ( < .001). Furthermore, cannabis use that day increased overall number of cigarettes in those with relatively high overall cannabis use but only during a quit attempt in those with relatively low cannabis use (Within-Subject Cannabis Use × Between-Subject Cannabis Use × Quit Attempt interaction; < .001). CONCLUSIONS: Sexual and gender minority individuals with cannabis and cigarette use may have a harder time quitting smoking than those who do not use cannabis. For those with cannabis use, guidance on not using cannabis during a quit attempt may improve cigarette cessation outcomes. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).