Association of Electronic Cigarette Use With Subsequent Initiation of Tobacco Cigarettes in US Youths.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) and other noncigarette tobacco products may increase the odds of cigarette initiation, even among low-risk youths.

Objective

To evaluate the associations of prior e-cigarette use and other tobacco product use with subsequent cigarette initiation within 2 years of follow-up.

Design, setting, and participants

In this prospective cohort study, data from waves 1 through 3 of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study (2013-2016) were used to assess youths aged 12 to 15 years who had never used cigarettes, e-cigarettes, or other tobacco products at wave 1. This was a nationally representative study of the US population. Data analysis was conducted in 2018.

Exposures

First noncigarette tobacco prod

SUBMITTER: Berry KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6484602 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature