Reasons for Vaping Among U.S. 12th Graders.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Vaping has recently increased in popularity among adolescents. Little is known about heterogeneity of vapers, particularly in terms of why they vape. Identifying major subgroups of adolescent vapers by reasons for vaping is important to understand adolescent vaping behavior and to identify those most at risk for other substance use.

Methods

Monitoring Future data from 2015 and 2016 were used in a latent class analysis to identify subgroups of 12th graders based on their endorsement of 10 potential reasons for vaping. Multinomial regression with a latent class outcome was used to predict class membership.

Results

Three distinct classes of vapers were identified: adolescents who were (1) Vaping to Experiment (29.4%), (2) Vaping to Replace Cigarettes (7.3%),

SUBMITTER: Evans-Polce RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5866738 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature