How are adolescents getting their vaping products? Findings from the international tobacco control (ITC) youth tobacco and vaping survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the sources of vaping products reported by adolescents, and the characteristics of adolescents who reported purchasing a vaping product in the past year in the United States (US), Canada (CA), and England (EN).

Methods

Data were from the 2017 ITC Youth Tobacco and Vaping Survey, a web-based survey of 12,128 respondents aged 16-19 years recruited from commercial panels in the US, CA, and EN. Respondents who have vaped in the past 12 months were asked whether they had purchased a vaping product, and from where (vape shop, online, retail), as well as whether anyone refused to sell them a vaping product because of their age. Respondents who reported vaping in the past 30 days were asked where they had obtained their vaping product from a social and/or commer

SUBMITTER: Braak D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7169418 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature