Electronic cigarette initiation among minority youth in the United States
| Autor: | Bart Hammig, Page Daniel-Dobbs, Heather Blunt-Vinti |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Medicine (miscellaneous) Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems law.invention Nicotine 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Advertising law 030225 pediatrics Political science Environmental health medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Child Students Minority Groups Schools Vaping Public health Hispanic or Latino Health Surveys United States Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Logistic Models Female Electronic cigarette medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse. 43:306-310 |
| ISSN: | 1097-9891 0095-2990 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00952990.2016.1203926 |
| Popis: | Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarette) use among youth is a pressing public health issue, with prevalence of use surpassing that of tobacco cigarettes. While research concerning e-cigarettes has proliferated in recent years, there is a dearth of information regarding those whose first exposure to tobacco products was an e-cigarette.To examine factors associated with e-cigarette initiation among minority youth in the United States.Data on minority students in middle and high schools in the United States derived from the 2014 National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS) were sampled (weighted N = 27,294,454). We examined e-cigarette initiation among minority youth using logistic regression models to identify related factors.In 2014, 736,158 minority youth were e-cigarette initiators. Odds of e-cigarette initiation was highest among Hispanic youth [adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 2.70; 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.60-4.56]. Exposure to e-cigarette advertising (AOR = 1.64; 95% CI = 1.07-2.50), perceptions of little to no harm (AOR = 7.08; 95% CI = 4.03-12.46), and believing e-cigarettes were less addictive than tobacco (AOR = 2.15; 95% CI = 1.52-3.02) were associated with e-cigarette initiation.Odds of initiating e-cigarette use was highest among Hispanic youth. Among minority youth, e-cigarette initiation was associated with perceptions of harm and addiction potential, as well as exposure to e-cigarette advertising. Therefore, prevention efforts targeting minority youth who are at risk of becoming e-cigarette initiators may benefit by incorporating these factors into prevention campaigns. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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