Evidence map›Paper›PMID 26347431›Full record

ArticlePediatrics2015

High School Students' Use of Electronic Cigarettes to Vaporize Cannabis.

Meghan E Morean, Grace Kong, Deepa R Camenga, Dana A Cavallo, Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin

Registry-linked trialOpen access · bronzeAbstract read
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Article in Pediatrics, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02955329 (Vaping THC From Electronic Cigarettes), which is not on this map. Cited by 126 papers.

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126citing papers in PubMed
25.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT02955329 phase3completednot on this mapstarted 2019, after this paper: background citation

Vaping THC From Electronic Cigarettes: a Novel Evaluation of Intake and Pharmacokinetics

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of California, San FranciscoRan2019 to 2019Enrolled8ConditionsMarijuana DependenceArmsNicotine, Cannabis, PAX Loose Leaf Vaporizer
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

126 citing papers in PubMed, 271 citations in OpenAlex.

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66 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Meghan E MoreanDepartment of Psychology, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio; Department of Psychiatry, and meghan.morean@gmail.com.
Grace KongDepartment of Psychiatry, and.
Deepa R CamengaDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
Dana A CavalloDepartment of Psychiatry, and.
Suchitra Krishnan-SarinDepartment of Psychiatry, and.
Oberlin College · USYale University · US

Funding

TSF to enhance treatment of cocaine dependenceP50DA009241 · NIDA · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI PETRY, NANCY M · 1994 to 2018
$40.5M
Yale University Clinical and Translational Science Award ProgramUL1TR000142 · NCATS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI SHERWIN, ROBERT S · 2012 to 2015
$31.8M
Yale Drug use, Addiction and HIV Research Scholars (DAHRS)K12DA033312 · NIDA · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI Gail D'Onofrio, Patrick O'Connor · 2013 to 2026
$7.2M
Yale University Clinical and Translational Science Award ProgramKL2TR000140 · NCATS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI SHERWIN, ROBERT S · 2012 to 2015
$2.9M
Translational Neuroscience Research in Alcoholism (TNRA-TP)T32AA015496 · NIAAA · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI PETRAKIS, ISMENE L. · 2005 to 2014
$1.6M
NCATS NIH HHS KL2 TR000140NCATS NIH HHS KL2TR000140NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000142NCATS NIH HHS UL1TR000142NIAAA NIH HHS 5T32AA015496, NIDANIAAA NIH HHS T32 AA015496NIDA NIH HHS 1K12DA033012NIDA NIH HHS P50 DA009241NIDA NIH HHS P50DA009241
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

objectivesElectronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use is increasing rapidly among high school (HS) students. Of concern, e-cigarettes can be used to vaporize cannabis, although use rates among adolescents are unknown. We evaluated lifetime rates of using e-cigarettes to vaporize cannabis among all lifetime e-cigarette users (27.9%), all lifetime cannabis users (29.2%), and lifetime users of both e-cigarettes and cannabis (18.8%); common means of vaporizing cannabis including hash oil, wax infused with Δ-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), and dried cannabis; and demographic predictors of using e-cigarettes to vaporize cannabis.

methodsIn the spring of 2014, 3847 Connecticut HS students completed an anonymous survey assessing e-cigarette and cannabis use.

resultsVaporizing cannabis using e-cigarettes was common among lifetime e-cigarette users, lifetime cannabis users, and lifetime dual users (e-cigarette 18.0%, cannabis 18.4%, dual users 26.5%). Students reported using e-cigarettes to vaporize hash oil (e-cigarette 15.4%, cannabis 15.5%, dual users 22.9%) and wax infused with THC (e-cigarette 10.0%, cannabis 10.2%, dual users 14.8%) and using portable electronic vaporizers to vaporize dried cannabis leaves (e-cigarette 19.6%, lifetime cannabis 23.1%, lifetime dual users 29.1%). Binary logistic regression indicated that male students (odds ratio [OR] = 2.05), younger students (OR = 0.64), lifetime e-cigarette users (OR = 5.27), and lifetime cannabis users (OR = 40.89) were most likely to vaporize cannabis using e-cigarettes. Rates also differed by HS attended.

conclusionsRates of vaporizing cannabis using e-cigarettes were high. These findings raise concerns about the lack of e-cigarette regulations and the potential use of e-cigarettes for purposes other than vaping nicotine.

Indexed as

AdolescentCross-Sectional StudiesElectronic Nicotine Delivery SystemsFemaleHumansMaleMarijuana SmokingNebulizers and VaporizersStudents

Identifiers

PMID26347431
PMCPMC4586732
OpenAlexW2163997545

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