What are kids vaping? Results from a national survey of US adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine what substances US youth vape.

Methods

Data come from Monitoring the Future, an annual, nationally representative survey of USA 12th-grade, 10th-grade and 8th-grade students. Respondents reported what substance they vaped the last time they used a vaporiser such as an e-cigarette.

Results

Among students who had ever used a vaporiser, 65-66% last used 'just flavouring' in 12th, in 10th and in 8th grade, more than all other responses combined. In all three grades, the percentage using 'just flavouring' was above 57% for males, females, African-Americans, Hispanics, Whites, and students both with and without a parent with a college degree. Nicotine use came in a distant second, at about 20% in 12th and 10th grade and 13% in 8th grade. Taking into acc

SUBMITTER: Miech R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5326604 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature