{
  "abstract": "The Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study is a nationally representative, longitudinal study of the US population on tobacco use and its effects on health, collecting data annually since 2013. The COVID-19 pandemic interrupted in-person survey data collections around the world. In the USA, this included a PATH Study data collection focused on youth (13–17) and young adults (18–19) as well as other US surveys on tobacco use. Given that it was necessary to pause data collection and considering that tobacco-use behaviours could be expected to change along with pandemic-related changes in the social environment, the original design for the 2020 PATH Study data collection for youth and young adults was modified. Also, the PATH Study Adult Telephone Survey was developed to address the need for adult tobacco use monitoring in this unprecedented time. This article describes the modifications made to the 2020 PATH Study design and protocol to provide nationally representative data for youth and adults after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the implications of these modifications for researchers.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Westat Inc, Rockville, Maryland, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Ralph DiGaetano"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Westat Inc, Rockville, Maryland, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Sylvia Dohrmann"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Center for Tobacco Products, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Ethel V Taylor"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA",
        "Kelly Government Solutions, Rockville, Maryland, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Colm D Everard"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Westat Inc, Rockville, Maryland, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Victoria Castleman"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Westat Inc, Rockville, Maryland, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Ting Yan"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Heather L Kimmel"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Izabella Zandberg"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Westat Inc, Rockville, Maryland, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Andrea Piesse"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Westat Inc, Rockville, Maryland, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Jean D Opsomer"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Center for Tobacco Products, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Nicolette Borek"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Kelly Government Solutions, Rockville, Maryland, USA",
        "National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Marushka L Silveira"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Westat Inc, Rockville, Maryland, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Frost Hubbard"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Westat Inc, Rockville, Maryland, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Kristie Taylor"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA"
      ],
      "name": "MeLisa R Creamer"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Center for Tobacco Products, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Anikah H Salim"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Westat Inc, Rockville, Maryland, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Eva Sharma"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Center for Tobacco Products, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Yu-Ching Cheng"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Westat Inc, Rockville, Maryland, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Victoria Vignare"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Westat Inc, Rockville, Maryland, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Tammy Cook"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Center for Tobacco Products, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA",
        "Health Resources and Services Administration, Rockville, Maryland, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Wioletta Szeszel-Fedorowicz"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Westat Inc, Rockville, Maryland, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Yumiko Siegfried"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Westat Inc, Rockville, Maryland, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Charles Carusi"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Center for Tobacco Products, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Debra Stark"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Center for Tobacco Products, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Silvana Skara"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, New York, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Andrew Hyland"
    }
  ],
  "title": "2020 design and methods of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study during the COVID-19 pandemic",
  "uid": "37d3b14f-f399-5ab3-a73a-07331ac9acb2"
}