Characterization of Respiratory Symptoms Among Youth Using Heated Tobacco Products in Hong Kong.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Heated tobacco products (HTPs) are promoted as less harmful than combustible cigarettes but epidemiological evidence is scarce, especially in youth.

Objective

To investigate the associations of persistent respiratory symptoms with HTP use, cigarette use, and dual use among Hong Kong youth.

Design, setting, and participants

This was a territorywide cross-sectional school-based survey conducted from October 2018 to July 2019 using an anonymous questionnaire. Schools were randomly invited from a proportionate stratified sample in all 18 districts of Hong Kong. Poisson regression models using generalized estimating equations yielded adjusted prevalence ratios (APRs) of respiratory symptoms in (1) former and current HTP (vs never) users in the whole sample and s

SUBMITTER: Wang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8280960 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature