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Methods: Our study included young adults 18\u201330 years of age sampled in the National Health Interview Survey (2015\u20132019), a nationally representative sample of the US population. We calculated prevalence of use of any and two or more tobacco products (cigarettes, cigars, pipes, e-cigarettes, and smokeless tobacco) for foreign-born (n = 3096) and US-born (n = 6811) young adults. Logistic regression models were adjusted for age, sex, race-ethnicity, education, and poverty, while accounting for the complex survey design. Results: Foreign-born young adults were significantly less likely to use any tobacco product (Cigarette = 7.3% vs. 10.7%; Cigar = 1.8% vs. 4.8%; E-cigarette = 2.3% vs. 4.5%, respectively; p &lt; 0.01) or poly tobacco use (1.9% vs. 4.2%; p &lt; 0.01) than US-born young adults. Adjusted regression models showed lower odds of poly tobacco use among the foreign-born than their US-born counterparts (Odds Ratio = 0.41, (95% Confidence Interval: 0.26\u20130.63)). Conclusions: The findings highlight the importance of targeted interventions by nativity status and further tobacco prevention efforts needed for the US-born.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph19031230","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,1,23]],"date-time":"2022-01-23T20:32:52Z","timestamp":1642969972000},"page":"1230","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Nativity Status and Poly Tobacco Use among Young Adults in the United States"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"19","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2265-346X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Peace C.","family":"Okpala","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Public Health Education, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27412, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6762-8183","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Carrie","family":"Rosario","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Public Health Education, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27412, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Melissa J.","family":"Dupont-Reyes","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Michelle Y.","family":"Martin Romero","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Public Health Education, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27412, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Md Towfiqul","family":"Alam","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Public Health Education, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27412, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hailey","family":"Paivanas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Public Health Education, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27412, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sandra E.","family":"Echeverria","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Public Health Education, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27412, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,1,22]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"(2021, October 23). 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