Social, educational, and psychological health correlates of e-cigarette and combustible cigarette use among adolescents in the US from 2015 to 2021.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The prevalence of e-cigarette and vaping products has increased in the past decade, especially among adolescents. To provide data that will inform identification of youth at high risk, the goals of this study are to determine the social, educational, and psychological health outcomes associated with e-cigarette use distinct from combustible cigarettes.

Methods

Annual samples of adolescents in grade 12 (years: 2015-2021, N = 24,015) were analyzed from Monitoring the Future cross-sectional data. Students were categorized based on vaping and smoking patterns (no use, vape only, combustible cigarette smoking only, or both). Survey-weighted prevalence and logistic regression were used to assess associations.

Results

Between 2015 and 2021, 78.7% of students used

SUBMITTER: Janjua NA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10330538 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature