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June, 2025
Welcome!
The TCORS 3.0 - CAsToR Data Analysis and Modeling Core (DAM) created this bulletin to keep you updated on the latest data and resources available through the DAM.

What's new?


Restricted use PATH Wave 7.5 Datasets are now available
 
The DAM core has recently made new and updated restricted datasets available. Based on the latest PATH Study’s Wave 7.5 Data, these datasets include DAM-derived variables for youth and adults.
 
Restricted-use datasets:
Master.UM.PATH.Adult.RD_05062025
Master.UM.PATH.Youth.RD_05142025
Highlights from PATH Wave 7.5
  • Data collection period: April 3, 2023 – December 31, 2023.
  • Wave 7.5 is part of a special collection for Wave 4 and Wave 7 Cohort youth and young adults ages 12 to 22 at the time of the Wave 7.5 interview.
  • For individuals who were sampled at Wave 7, Wave 7.5 marked the first annual follow-up wave.
    • Adults: 7,961 respondents, including 5,952 continuing adults, and 2,009 aged-up adults
    • Youth: 8,949 respondents, including 7,064 continuing youth, and 1,885 aged-up youth
    • Interview mode: Telephone & In-person/Field interviewers

How can you access this data?
If you want to learn about other datasets available through the DAM Core or upcoming releases, please check the DAM Data Release summary table. 

If you are ready to request data, please visit the DAM Core Data Request website.
DAM Core Data Request

NOTE: Revision from Wave 7 Public File Dataset
                         
The "UM_W7_A_100cigs" variable in the UM_PATH_AdultMaster_01152025 public dataset was updated for 17 people to reflect a correction in the code. This update affected other variables that consider the established cigarette smoking status, such as “smkstat_Reg” and “Multiuse_Reg.” If you conducted analyses using any of these variables, please consider rerunning your code.

New in!

CRST-CAsToR Data Briefs
 
These data briefs showcase a wonderful collaboration between the Center for Rapid Surveillance of Tobacco Products (CRST) and CAsToR. Together, we aim to provide quick and relatable overviews of tobacco and nicotine product use from major surveys. For now, you can check out the two available briefs on the TCORS-CAsToR and TCORS-CRST websites, but more are on the way!
CRST-CAsToR Data Briefs




 
 CAsToR Research Briefs
 
Additionally, the PAD core compiled a brief on Flavors in e-cigarettes that summarizes the findings from “The impacts of e-cigarette flavours: An overview of systematic reviews” by Livingstone-Banks et al (2025) and “An update of a systematic review and meta-analyses exploring flavours in intervention studies of e-cigarettes for smoking cessation” by Lindson et al (2024). Be sure to check it out on the TCORS-CAsToR website.
CAsToR Research Briefs

Thank you for reading our newsletter. If you have any suggestions for future topics, please let us know by emailing DataRequest@umich.edu
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