The Association Between Smoking and Electronic Cigarette Use in a Cohort of Young People.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use is associated with smoking initiation among young people; however, it is also possible that smoking is associated with e-cigarette initiation. This study explores these associations among young people in Great Britain.

Methods

A longitudinal survey of 1,152 11- to 18-year-olds was conducted with baseline in April 2016 and follow-up between August and October 2016. Logistic regression models and causal mediation analyses assessed whether (1) ever e-cigarette use and escalation were associated with smoking initiation (ever smoking at follow-up) among baseline never smokers (n = 923), and (2) ever smoking and escalation were associated with e-cigarette initiation (ever e-cigarette use at follow-up) among baseline never e-cigarette

SUBMITTER: East K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5938086 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature