The E-cigarette Social Environment, E-cigarette Use, and Susceptibility to Cigarette Smoking.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

One concern regarding the recent increase in adolescent e-cigarette use is the possibility that electronic (e-) cigarettes may be used by those who might not otherwise have used cigarettes, and that dual use, or transition to cigarette use alone, may follow.

Methods

Questionnaire data were obtained in 2014 from 11th/12th grade students attending schools in 12 communities included in the Southern California Children's Health Study. We evaluated the cross-sectional association between e-cigarette use, the social environment (family and friends' use and approval of e-cigarettes and cigarettes), and susceptibility to future cigarette use among never cigarette smokers (N = 1,694), using previously validated measures based on reported absence of a definitive commitment not

SUBMITTER: Barrington-Trimis JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4920702 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature