Exploring the cross-sectional association between the strength of school vaping policies and student vaping behaviours using data from the 2021-2022 COMPASS Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Youth vaping is a concern in Canada. While school-level policies influence student behaviours, few studies have investigated the association between school vaping policies and student vaping. This study reviewed and scored the comprehensiveness of school vaping policies and investigated the association between school vaping policy scores and student vaping.

Methods

Online policy documents from n = 39 schools in Ontario, Alberta, and British Columbia, Canada, participating in the 2021-2022 wave of the COMPASS study were collected, reviewed, and scored for comprehensiveness (/39) using the School Tobacco Policy Index (STPI) rating form. The mean and range of scores for each domain of the STPI were calculated. School policy scores were linked to student vaping data f

SUBMITTER: Kostuch E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11638446 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature