Changing patterns of nicotine product use and nicotine dependence among United States high-school students: The National Youth Tobacco Survey, 2014-2023.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aim

Concerns have been raised that e-cigarettes have created a new generation of people addicted to nicotine. This study aimed to measure changes in the proportion of US high-school students reporting symptoms of nicotine dependence over the past decade, in the context of changing patterns of nicotine product use.

Design

Repeat cross-sectional analyses of the 2014-2023 National Youth Tobacco Surveys.

Setting

United States of America.

Participants

107 968 high-school students (14-18y).

Measurements

Nicotine product use was categorised based on self-reported past-30-day use of cigarettes, other combustible tobacco, smokeless/non-combustible products and e-cigarettes. Nicotine dependence was operationalised as (a) strong past-30-day cravings

SUBMITTER: Jackson SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12529234 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature