Timing of ENDS Uptake by Sexual Orientation among Adolescents and Young Adults in Urban Texas.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Early-onset of Electronic Nicotine Delivering Systems (ENDS) use puts users at higher risk of developing a regular ENDS use pattern and/or transitioning to combusted tobacco products. Previous studies on ENDS use among adolescents have not considered sexual orientation as a fluid trait that can change over time. Our objective was to evaluate whether ENDS initiation differed by sexual orientation in a longitudinal, population-based cohort of adolescents transitioning into young adulthood in Texas.

Methods

Sample (n = 1712) was drawn from the Texas Adolescent Tobacco and Marketing Surveillance System (waves 5-11) and stratified into three groups, representing sexual orientation: (1) respondents who reported being heterosexuals at each wave (straight), (2) those wh

SUBMITTER: Tami-Maury I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8842400 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature