Policy influences on adolescent risk perceptions of vaping.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) use by youth remains a significant public health concern. Perceived risk is an important predictor of adolescent ENDS use. While state policies have been shown to affect ENDS use, and perceived risk is inversely associated with use, whether policies shape adolescent risk perceptions remains less well studied.

Methods

We used longitudinal (2013-2019) US adolescent data from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health study-a population-based sample of adolescents enrolled between ages 12 and 17-and state policy data for ENDS and tobacco policies. Hybrid within-person and between-person panel models estimated associations of policies with three outcomes: perceived harms of ENDS, perceived risk of addiction and perceived risk

SUBMITTER: Kelly BC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12311691 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature