ArticleAmerican journal of public health2013
Characteristics associated with awareness, perceptions, and use of electronic nicotine delivery systems among young US Midwestern adults.
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127 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Duration of the effectiveness of nicotine electronic cigarettes on smoking cessation and reduction: Systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- E-cigarettes and equity: a systematic review of differences in awareness and use between sociodemographic groups.Tobacco control · 2017Pooled it
- Overview of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems: A Systematic Review.American journal of preventive medicine · 2017Pooled it
- Electronic Cigarettes Use and Intention to Cigarette Smoking among Never-Smoking Adolescents and Young Adults: A Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2016Pooled it
- Cigarette Smoking and Electronic Cigarettes Use: A Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2016Pooled it
- E-Cigarette Awareness, Use, and Harm Perception among Adults: A Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies.PloS one · 2016Pooled it
- Electronic nicotine delivery system (electronic cigarette) awareness, use, reactions and beliefs: a systematic review.Tobacco control · 2014Pooled it
- Electronic cigarettes: incorporating human factors engineering into risk assessments.Tobacco control · 2014Pooled it
- Vapes, E-cigs, and Mods: What Do Young Adults Call E-cigarettes?Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2020Trial
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- A Randomized Trial Comparing the Effect of Nicotine Versus Placebo Electronic Cigarettes on Smoking Reduction Among Young Adult Smokers.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2016Trial
- An Open Trial of Electronic Cigarettes for Smoking Cessation Among Methadone-Maintained Smokers.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2016Trial
- Differences in Electronic Cigarette Awareness, Use History, and Advertisement Exposure Between Black and White Hospitalized Cigarette Smokers.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2015Trial
- E-cigarette versus nicotine inhaler: comparing the perceptions and experiences of inhaled nicotine devices.Journal of general internal medicine · 2014Trial
- Electronic cigarette use by college students.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2013Trial
- Social and individual factors associated with eating disorders risk among adolescents in secondary schools of Sicily (south-Italy).Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2025Article
- Examining the impact of social media on youth vaping behavior in China: an analysis of the mediating role of perceptions of policy enforcement.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Cravings, Control, and Cessation: A Scoping Review of Perceptions of Nicotine Addiction.Current addiction reports · 2025Review
- Differences in young adults' perceptions of e-cigarettes by history of use.Journal of American college health : J of ACH · 2024Article
- Prevalence of use, perceptions of harm and addictiveness, and dependence of electronic cigarettes among adults in Kuwait: A cross-sectional study.Tobacco induced diseases · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectivesWe assessed the characteristics associated with the awareness, perceptions, and use of electronic nicotine delivery systems (e-cigarettes) among young adults.
methodsWe collected data in 2010-2011 from a cohort of 2624 US Midwestern adults aged 20 to 28 years. We assessed awareness and use of e-cigarettes, perceptions of them as a smoking cessation aid, and beliefs about their harmfulness and addictiveness relative to cigarettes and estimated their associations with demographic characteristics, smoking status, and peer smoking.
resultsOverall, 69.9% of respondents were aware of e-cigarettes, 7.0% had ever used e-cigarettes, and 1.2% had used e-cigarettes in the past 30 days. Men, current and former smokers, and participants who had at least 1 close friend who smoked were more likely to be aware of and to have used e-cigarettes. Among those who were aware of e-cigarettes, 44.5% agreed e-cigarettes can help people quit smoking, 52.8% agreed e-cigarettes are less harmful than cigarettes, and 26.3% agreed e-cigarettes are less addictive than cigarettes.
conclusionsHealth communication interventions to provide correct information about e-cigarettes and regulation of e-cigarette marketing may be effective in reducing young adults' experimentation with e-cigarettes.
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