Changes in e-cigarette use among youth and young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: Insights into risk perceptions and reasons for changing use behavior.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This study assessed changes in e-cigarette use since the COVID-19 pandemic began and reasons for these changes among U.S. youth and young adults.

Methods

We combined data from two cross-sectional samples of youth and young adult (15-24) participants of a monthly surveillance study (data collected April and June 2021). Analyses were restricted to past-year e-cigarette users who reported using e-cigarettes before the pandemic (n=1,762). Participants reported changes in e-cigarette use since the pandemic began, reasons for changing their behavior, and their perceptions around COVID-19 risk related to e-cigarette use. Multinomial logistic regression models assessed associations between demographics and COVID vaping risk perceptions and change in e-cigarette use.

SUBMITTER: Bennett M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9384103 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature