Past 30-Day Marijuana Vaping: Prevalence and Predictors of Use in a Nationally Representative Study of U.S. Youth.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Vaping has become an increasingly common mode of administration for marijuana among youth, but there are limited data on its prevalence. There is a need to better understand youth prevalence of past 30-day marijuana vaping and its predictors.

Methods

Data were from a nationally representative sample of students from the Monitoring the Future survey in 2018 (N=9,131). This study examined past 30-day prevalence of marijuana vaping, and for a subset with complete data (n=5,755), the predictors of marijuana vaping among respondents asked about that behavior. Bivariate chi-square tests and multivariable logistic regression estimated the extent to which various factors were associated with marijuana vaping. These factors included the current use of various substances,

SUBMITTER: Kritikos AF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7854829 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature