Relative Preference of Cannabis, Alcohol, and Nicotine Products Among U.S. Adolescents and Young Adults Who Are Using or Susceptible to Cannabis Use: Insights from a Best-Worst Scaling Study.

Lei Xu, Shiqi Zhang, Mohamed Elsaid, Ce Shang

BACKGROUND: The prevalence of multiple substance use is high among U.S. adolescents and young adults (AYAs), particularly as market shifts with alcohol and cannabis being the most prevalent substances and nicotine vaping displacing cigarette smoking among this population. However, it remains unclear how AYAs evaluate diverse products in terms of preference, addictiveness, and risk. METHODS: We analyzed data from a…