Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms and Later E-Cigarette and Tobacco Use in US Youths.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Information about longitudinal associations of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnosis, symptom severity, pharmacotherapy, and incident nicotine and tobacco use, including e-cigarettes, among US youths is limited.

Objective

To evaluate whether ADHD diagnosis, symptom severity, and pharmacotherapy are associated with incident e-cigarette and tobacco use over a 9-year period.

Design, setting, and participants

This longitudinal cohort study followed up a nationally representative sample of US youths and their parents in the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Study via questionnaires from wave 1 (September 2013 to December 2014) to waves 2 to 7 (October 2014 to April 2023). Participants were representative of the US civilian noninstitutional

SUBMITTER: McCabe SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11815522 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature