Adolescents' and Young Adults' Use and Perceptions of Pod-Based Electronic Cigarettes.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are the most commonly used tobacco product among adolescents and young adults, and the new pod-based e-cigarette devices may put adolescents and young adults at increased risk for polytobacco use and nicotine dependence.

Objective

To build an evidence base for perceptions of risk from and use of pod-based e-cigarettes among adolescents and young adults.

Design, setting, and participants

In a survey study, a cross-sectional analysis was performed of data collected from April 6 to June 20, 2018, from 445 California adolescents and young adults as part of an ongoing prospective cohort study designed to measure the use and perceptions of tobacco products.

Exposures

Use of pod-based e-cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and ciga

SUBMITTER: McKelvey K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6324423 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature