Recall of Flavor at First E-cigarette Use and Its Association with E-cigarette Progression: The Mediating Effects of First Sensory Experience.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To test whether the association between flavor at first vape and continued use is mediated through subjective experience at first vape.

Study design

In a 2020 cross-sectional survey, 955 young adult ever-vapers recalled their first flavor vaped, subjective experiences at first use, current vaping behavior, nicotine dependence, and quit attempts. A latent class model grouped first-use subjective experiences into classes. Two-part negative binomial hurdle models for each vaping behavior evaluated whether the association of first flavor used with vaping outcomes was mediated by positive experience.

Results

Four latent classes (positive, positive and negative, negative, and minimal experience) were further reduced to "any positive experience" (only positive, pos

SUBMITTER: Barrington-Trimis JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11837250 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature