Identifying changes in e-cigarette use among a longitudinal sample of Canadian youth e-cigarette users in the COMPASS cohort study, 2017/18-2018/19.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

There are few studies describing longitudinal changes in vaping patterns among current youth e-cigarette users. The objective of this study was to identify-one-year changes in e-cigarette use patterns among a longitudinal sample of Canadian youth e-cigarette users between 2017/18 and 2018/19.

Methods

The longitudinal sample included n = 4,071 current (past 30-day) e-cigarette users in grades 9-11 attending schools in four Canadian provinces. Students reported the number of days they used e-cigarettes in the past 30 days in 2017/18 and 2018/19. Based on responses, students could have escalated, reduced, stopped, or maintained their level of vaping. The prevalence of each e-cigarette use pattern was identified across demographic characteristics and regression models

SUBMITTER: Cole AG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9508506 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature