Bidi Smoking among Massachusetts Teenagers.

Abstract

This article presents the prevalence of bidi use among Massachusetts adolescents. Questions on bidi use were included in a statewide telephone survey of a population-based sample of youth 14 to 17 years of age (N = 733). Past-month use rates were below 2.0% for all demographic subgroups. Minority respondents were more likely than white respondents to have ever smoked a bidi. Males and current cigarette smokers were more likely than their female and nonsmoking counterparts to have ever smoked a bidi or to have smoked one in the past year. The demographic distributions of bidi smoking suggest the need for monitoring bidi use trends among adolescent subgroups.