Electronic cigarettes and conventional
cigarette use among US adolescents: a cross-sectional Study
The research informs an ongoing debate as to whether e-cigarettes are effective aids for smoking cessation, promote uptake by non-tobacco users, discourage cessation via dual use of cigarettes and e-cigarettes, or encourage relapse to
cigarette use among former smokers.
In the United States, Kentucky ranks second for
cigarette use among adults, according the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The study, «Electronic
Cigarette Use Among College Students: Links to Gender, Race / Ethnicity, Smoking, and Heavy Drinking» found in the Journal of American College Health connects e-cigarette use in colleges to high rates of alcohol consumption and other factors such as: gender, race / ethnicity and traditional cigarettes.
It also shows that electronic
cigarette use among high school students and young adults ages 18 to 24 is nearly double that of users 25 and up.
Not exact matches
Vaping is addictive... or not... depending on who's doing it: «
Among youth» (that's anybody who would never be caught dead
using the word «youth»), «there is substantial evidence that e-cigarette
use increases the risk of transitioning to smoking conventional
cigarettes.»
Among the roughly 15,500 adults the researchers looked at, those who said they
used e-cigs daily were far more likely to have quit regular
cigarettes than the people who said they'd never tried e-cigs.
To date, results from several longitudinal studies indicate that e-
cigarette use among nonsmoking youth increases the likelihood of future
use of conventional
cigarettes.5 — 10 Specifically, the pooled odds ratio (OR) in a recent meta - analysis of studies of adolescents and young adults (aged 14 — 30) indicates that those who had ever
used e-
cigarettes were 3.62 times more likely to report
using cigarettes at follow - up compared with those who had not
used e -
cigarettes.11 This finding was robust and remained significant when adjusting for known risk factors associated with
cigarette smoking, including demographic, psychosocial, and behavioral variables such as
cigarette susceptibility.
Past - month e-
cigarette use predicted future conventional
cigarette use across 3 longitudinal waves
among high school youth.
E-cigarette regulation and prevention programs are needed to reduce future
use of conventional
cigarettes among youth.
Among youth — who
use e-
cigarettes at higher rates than adults do — there is substantial evidence that e-cigarette
use increases the risk of transitioning to smoking conventional
cigarettes.
A dramatic spike in the
use of a particular type of electronic
cigarette among middle and high school students has local parents, educators and activists, clamoring for action.
While old - fashioned
cigarette smoking
among high school students dropped from 27.1 percent in 2011 to just 4.3 percent in 2016, a troubling 20.6 percent reported
using e-cigarettes in 2016.
«For racial minority adolescents,
cigarette and alcohol
use linked to suicidality: Study reveals pervasive lifetime substance
use among US adolescents in ninth to 12th grades, especially for alcohol,
cigarettes, and marijuana.»
To reduce suicide
among school youth, we might consider paying closer attention to preventing their
use of alcohol and
cigarettes and implementing these prevention programs in school settings to reach vulnerable adolescents at risk for suicide.»
Daily cannabis
use increased most rapidly
among former
cigarette smokers (2.80 percent in 2014 versus 0.98 percent in 2002).
The increase in daily cannabis
use was faster
among non-daily
cigarette smokers relative to daily
cigarette smokers.
«While we found that daily cannabis
use and
cigarette smoking were strongly linked
among all subgroups, the most finding striking disparity in daily cannabis
use was
among youths aged 12 to 17 years,» said Renee Goodwin, PhD, Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, and principal investigator.
The increased
use of menthol
cigarettes among African Americans, meanwhile, suggests that their availability results in disproportionate harm to that section of society.
Marijuana
use occurred nearly exclusively
among current
cigarette smokers — daily or non-daily smokers — compared with former smokers and those who have never smoked.
«It is conceivable that this stunted decline in
cigarette use is owing, in part, to the substantial increase in daily cannabis
use among smokers,» observed Goodwin.
Several lines of evidence suggest that nicotine
use (a) enhances the reinforcing effects of alcohol
use, especially
among men; (b) increases the duration of a drinking episode; and (c) leads to higher levels of cravings for both alcohol and
cigarettes when co-used with alcohol.
Among female
cigarette smokers, 4 percent
used cannabis daily.
«
Cigarette smokers are 10 times more likely to be daily marijuana users: Strongest relationship between cigarette smoking and daily cannabis use is among 12 to 17 year olds, who are 50 times more likely to be daily cannabis users than non-smoker
Cigarette smokers are 10 times more likely to be daily marijuana users: Strongest relationship between
cigarette smoking and daily cannabis use is among 12 to 17 year olds, who are 50 times more likely to be daily cannabis users than non-smoker
cigarette smoking and daily cannabis
use is
among 12 to 17 year olds, who are 50 times more likely to be daily cannabis users than non-smokers.»
In 2013, around 2.5 % of people across the country reported having
used the devices in the past month;
among adolescents, e-
cigarettes are now
used more than conventional
cigarettes, said the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in April this year.
Taxes on
cigarettes are set high enough to discourage
use, especially
among young people.
Kentucky also brings up the rear
among youth in grades 9 - 12 who
use tobacco; according to 2011 CDC data, about 24 - percent of high school students smoke
cigarettes.
E-cigarette
use is rare
among young people, and confined mostly to those who have smoked
cigarettes.
In the first analysis of the relationship between e-cigarette
use and smoking
among adolescents in the United States, UCSF researchers found that adolescents who
used the devices were more likely to smoke
cigarettes and less likely to quit smoking.
They shared that they were beginning to
use electronic
cigarettes because they were novel and had high social approval
among their peers.»
DANGERS OF VAPING E-
cigarettes have surpassed
cigarettes as the most commonly
used tobacco product
among teenagers.
In their analysis, the UCSF team reviewed 38 studies assessing the association between e-
cigarette use and
cigarette cessation
among adult smokers.
Among cigarette smokers not willing or able to quit smoking in the next month but willing to reduce with the goal of quitting in the next 3 months,
use of the nicotine addiction medication varenicline for 24 weeks compared with placebo produced greater reductions in smoking prior to quitting and increased smoking cessation rates at the end of treatment and at 1 year, according to a study in the February 17 issue of JAMA.
«Preventing youth from initiating tobacco
use and becoming nicotine dependence requires taking an upstream approach — that's why understanding the factors that influence intention to
use cigarettes among youth who have never smoked
cigarettes is critical in preventing the onset of tobacco
use,» Dube said.
Among non-smoking youth who had ever
used e-
cigarettes, 43.9 percent said they intended to smoke conventional
cigarettes within the next year, compared with 21.5 percent of those who had never
used e-
cigarettes.
The 2017 survey also confirms the recent trend that daily marijuana
use has become as, or more, popular than daily
cigarette smoking
among teens, representing a dramatic flip in
use between these two drugs since the survey began in 1975.
The primary reasons these teens admitted to
using e-
cigarettes were expeditious consumption and easy concealment, high social approval
among peers, beliefs that e-
cigarettes are healthier as well as more aesthetically pleasing compared to tobacco
cigarettes, and a safe high.
In the past decade, daily marijuana
use among 12th graders has remained relatively consistent, but daily
cigarette smoking has dropped.
The poster
used was drawn from
among nine that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had intended to put on
cigarette packages and was the one had been rated as the most effective image by adolescents in previous research.
Utilizing census counts, national health and tobacco
use surveys, and published literature, Soneji's team calculated the expected years of life gained or lost from the impact of e-
cigarette use on smoking cessation
among current smokers, and transition to long - term
cigarette smoking
among never - smokers.
Among non-smokers 26 % experienced any respiratory symptoms, compared with 34 % among those using only e-cigarettes, 46 % among those only smoking conventional cigarettes, and 56 % among dual u
Among non-smokers 26 % experienced any respiratory symptoms, compared with 34 %
among those using only e-cigarettes, 46 % among those only smoking conventional cigarettes, and 56 % among dual u
among those
using only e-
cigarettes, 46 %
among those only smoking conventional cigarettes, and 56 % among dual u
among those only smoking conventional
cigarettes, and 56 %
among dual u
among dual users.
She also points out that understanding the potential links between cannabis
use and
cigarette initiation in youth is needed given that recent data suggest cannabis
use is more common
among adolescents than
cigarette use.
A new study by researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and the City University of New York reports that cannabis
use was associated with an increased initiation of
cigarette smoking
among non-
cigarette smokers.
«To describe electronic
cigarette use as «a new drug
use option» and part of «at - risk teenagers» substance
using repertoires» is unnecessarily alarmist, given the evidence that regular
use among never smokers is negligible, the lack of evidence that electronic
cigarette use acts as a gateway to tobacco
use, and the likely low level of harm associated with electronic
cigarette use.»
However, they did not find any causal link between e-
cigarette use and traditional
cigarette smoking
among teens.
While
cigarette use has declined in recent years in the United States, the
use of e-cigarettes is increasing, especially
among adolescents and young adults.
Researchers worry that because of advertising and of similarities in both form and function, e-
cigarettes may promote
use of traditional
cigarettes among adolescents and young adults.
But marijuana
use among cigarette - smoking parents increased dramatically during that same period, indicating that kids in those families could be exposed to more secondhand smoke than ever.
However, marijuana
use was nearly four times more common
among cigarette smokers versus nonsmokers, the findings showed.
«Future research will help determine whether e-
cigarettes reduce the risk of disease
among dual users — those who both smoke and vape — and those who
use electronic
cigarettes for a long time,» he added.