Electronic Cigarette and Cigarette Social Environments and Ever Use of Each Product: A Prospective Study of Young Adults in Southern California.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:A supportive youth cigarette social environment, for example, friends' approval of use, leads to cigarette use initiation, and cigarette users develop a more supportive social environment. Whether there is a bidirectional relationship of electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) social environment with e-cigarette use has not been studied. METHODS:Prospective data were collected from 1441 Children's Health Study participants in 2014 (median age = 17.3 years) and at follow-up 1.5 years later. Associations were examined of (1) supportive e-cigarette social environment with subsequent e-cigarette use initiation and (2) baseline e-cigarette use with supportive e-cigarette social environment at follow-up (among those with a nonsupportive baseline social environment). RESULTS:Participants wi

SUBMITTER: Urman R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6751522 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature