Trends in Use and Perceptions of Nicotine Vaping Among US Youth From 2017 to 2020.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

US adolescent nicotine vaping increased at a record pace from 2017 to 2019, prompting new national policies to reduce access to flavors of vaping products preferred by youth.

Objective

To estimate prevalence, perceived harm, and accessibility of nicotine vaping products among US adolescents from 2017 to 2020.

Design, setting, and participants

This survey study includes data from Monitoring the Future, which conducted annual, cross-sectional, school-based, nationally representative surveys from 2017 to 2020 of 10th- and 12th-grade students (results pooled grades, n = 94 320) about vaping and other topics.

Main outcomes and measures

Prevalence of self-reported nicotine vaping; vaping brand and flavor used most often; perceived risk of nicotine vaping;

SUBMITTER: Miech R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7739194 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature