E-cigarette Use and Subsequent Smoking Frequency Among Adolescents.

ABSTRACT: : media-1vid110.1542/5839992666001PEDS-VA_2018-0486Video Abstract BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use is associated with cigarette initiation among adolescents. However, it is unclear whether e-cigarette use is associated with more frequent cigarette use after initiation. Also, the extent to which cigarette or dual cigarette and e-cigarette users transition to exclusive e-cigarette use or to the nonuse of either product is not yet known.

Methods

Data were pooled from 3 prospective cohort studies in California and Connecticut (baseline: 2013-2014; follow-up: 2014-2016; N = 6258). Polytomous regression models were used to evaluate the association of baseline e-cigarette use (never or ever) with cigarette use frequency at follow-up (experimen

SUBMITTER: Barrington-Trimis JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6312103 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature