E-cigarette Use, Cigarette Smoking, Dual Use, and Problem Behaviors Among U.S. Adolescents: Results From a National Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

There is a need to obtain greater clarity regarding adolescents' e-cigarette use and the associations of use with a wider range of risk behaviors. This study examines the associations among past-month e-cigarette use only, traditional cigarette smoking only, dual use (i.e., concurrent e-cigarette use and cigarette smoking), school-related (i.e., truancy and poor academic performance) risk behaviors, and substance-related (i.e., alcohol use, binge drinking, marijuana use, illicit drug use, and nonmedical prescription drug use) risk behaviors.

Methods

Data were collected via self-administered questionnaires from a nationally representative sample of 8,696 high school seniors.

Results

An estimated 9.9% of U.S. high school seniors reported past-month e-cigarette u

SUBMITTER: McCabe SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5522777 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature