ArticleAmerican journal of preventive medicine2014
Beliefs and experimentation with electronic cigarettes: a prospective analysis among young adults.
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- Is there a role for e-cigarettes in smoking cessation?Therapeutic advances in respiratory disease · 2016Pooled it
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- 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
- Longitudinal Association Between Harm Perceptions and Tobacco Behaviors Among Adults Who Smoke Cigarettes: Differential Associations Across Age Groups Using the PATH Study.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2024Article
- Differences in young adults' perceptions of e-cigarettes by history of use.Journal of American college health : J of ACH · 2024Article
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- Longitudinal impact of perceived harm and addiction on e-cigarette initiation among tobacco-naïve youth: Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health study (Waves 1-5).Public health · 2024Article
- College Students' E-health Literacy, Social Media Use, and Perceptions of E-cigarettes in Taiwan.Journal of community health · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundPrevious cross-sectional studies found that positive beliefs about electronic nicotine delivery systems (commonly known as electronic cigarettes or e-cigarettes) were associated with use of these products. However, the prospective association between these beliefs and subsequent use of e-cigarettes is unclear. PURPOSE: To identify the beliefs predicting subsequent use of e-cigarettes.
methodsA total of 1379 young adults (mean age=24.1 years) from the Minnesota Adolescent Community Cohort who reported never using e-cigarettes at baseline (collected Oct 2010-Mar 2011) and completed follow-up data collection (during Oct 2011-Mar 2012) were included in this analysis. Participants' beliefs about e-cigarettes (potential as quit aids, harmfulness and addictiveness relative to cigarettes) were asked at baseline (yes/no). At follow-up, participants were asked if they had ever used e-cigarettes. Logistic regression models were used to assess the associations between beliefs about e-cigarettes and subsequent experimentation. Analysis was conducted in 2012.
resultsAt follow-up, 7.4% of the sample reported ever using e-cigarettes (21.6% among baseline current smokers, 11.9% among baseline former smokers, and 2.9% among baseline nonsmokers). Participants who believed e-cigarettes can help people quit smoking and perceived e-cigarettes to be less harmful than cigarettes at baseline were more likely to report experimenting with e-cigarettes at follow-up (p<0.05). These associations did not differ by smoking status.
conclusionsGiven that young adults are still developing their tobacco use behaviors, informing them about the lack of evidence to support e-cigarettes as quit aids and the unknown health risk of e-cigarettes may deter young adults from trying these products.
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