Who, me? Optimism bias about US teenagers' ability to quit vaping.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

The vaping rate among US teenagers has doubled in the last 2 years, which may be explained in part by teenagers' optimism that they would have relatively little trouble in quitting. The aim of this study was to estimate the extent to which teenagers exhibited optimism bias, what characteristics are associated with optimism bias and which factors are related to respondents' perceptions of how hard it would be for them to quit.

Design

A national, on-line, cross-sectional survey in 2018 using quota sampling.

Setting

United States.

Participants

Respondents were 1610 teenagers aged 14-18 years who had ever tried or heard of JUULs or e-cigarettes generally.

Measurements

Optimism bias was defined as respondents' perceptions of their own diff

SUBMITTER: Strombotne K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8492482 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature