Prospective estimation of the age of initiation of cigarettes among young adults (18–24 years old): Findings from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) waves 1–4 (2013–2017)

• Adriana Pérez ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Adriana.perez@uth.tmc.edu

  Affiliations Department of Biostatistics and Data Science, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Austin, Texas, United States of America, Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Austin, Texas, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6859-9916

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• Arnold E. Kuk,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Austin, Texas, United States of America

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• Meagan A. Bluestein,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Austin, Texas, United States of America

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• Elena Penedo,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Austin, Texas, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Austin, Texas, United States of America

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• Roi San N’hpang,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Austin, Texas, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Austin, Texas, United States of America

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• Baojiang Chen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Biostatistics and Data Science, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Austin, Texas, United States of America, Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Austin, Texas, United States of America

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• Cheryl L. Perry,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Austin, Texas, United States of America

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• Kymberly L. Sterling,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Dallas, Texas, United State of America

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• Melissa B. Harrell

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Austin, Texas, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Austin, Texas, United States of America

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