ArticleThe Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine2017
Electronic Cigarette Use by Youth: Prevalence, Correlates, and Use Trajectories From Middle to High School.
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35 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Global prevalence of E-cigarette use among students: Systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2025Pooled it
- The prevalence of electronic cigarettes vaping globally: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2022Pooled it
- National, regional, and global prevalence of cigarette smoking among women/females in the general population: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Environmental health and preventive medicine · 2021Pooled it
- Electronic nicotine delivery system use is related to higher odds of alcohol and marijuana use in adolescents: Meta-analytic evidence.Addictive behaviors · 2020Pooled it
- The Use of Machine Learning to Predict Offline Adolescent e-Cigarette Use: a Proof-of-Concept.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2026Article
- A Youth-Centered Digital Infographic on Vaping Risks (What's in a Vape?): Mixed Methods Study.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
- Depressive symptoms predict trajectories of electronic delivery nicotine systems, cigarette, and cannabis use across 4.5 years among college students.Addictive behaviors · 2023Article
- Predictors of E-cigarette and Cigarette Use Trajectory Classes from Early Adolescence to Emerging Adulthood Across Four Years (2013-2017) of the PATH Study.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2023Article
- Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviours of Adolescents and Young Adult Population on the Use of E-Cigarettes or Personal Vaporizer.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- E-cigarettes may serve as a gateway to conventional cigarettes and other addictive drugs.Advances in drug and alcohol research · 2023Review
- Identifying changes in e-cigarette use among a longitudinal sample of Canadian youth e-cigarette users in the COMPASS cohort study, 2017/18-2018/19.Addictive behaviors reports · 2022Article
- Biomarkers of Airway Immune Homeostasis Differ Significantly with Generation of E-Cigarettes.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2022Article
- Adverse childhood experiences and other risk factors associated with adolescent and young adult vaping over time: a longitudinal study.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Longitudinal associations of tobacco-related social media involvement with cigarette and e-cigarette initiation among US adolescents.European journal of pediatrics · 2022Article
- Adolescents' Perceptions of Substance Use Harms are Contingent on Mode of Administration and Type of Substance.Substance abuse : research and treatment · 2022Article
- A Longitudinal Study of E-Cigarette, Cigarette, and Marijuana Use Sequence in Youth.Tobacco use insights · 2022Article
- Factors Associated with E-Cigarette Escalation among High School Students: A Review of the Literature.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Review
- Longitudinal trajectories of E-cigarette use among adolescents: A 5-year, multiple cohort study of vaping with and without marijuana.Preventive medicine · 2021Article
- Concurrent E-cigarette and marijuana use and health-risk behaviors among U.S. high school students.Preventive medicine · 2021Article
- Substance Use among Exclusive Electronic Cigarette Users and Dual Combustible Cigarette Users: Extending Work to Adult Users.Substance use & misuse · 2021Article
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Abstract
purposeThe aim of this study was to examine the use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) among adolescents over time, including correlates of lifetime use by eighth grade and trajectories of current use across ninth grade.
methodsParticipants (N = 1,091) from seven school districts in Oregon, United States, completed four self-report surveys on substance use, from the spring of eighth grade (M age = 14.4 years old; standard deviation = .50) through the spring of ninth grade.
resultsOverall, 27.7% of eighth graders had used e-cigarettes, and 16.8% were current e-cigarette users (used in the past 30 days); use did not significantly differ by gender or ethnicity. Correlates of e-cigarette lifetime use by eighth grade included lifetime and current use of marijuana, alcohol, cigarettes, and chewing tobacco. Five percent of students were "accelerators," on average using e-cigarettes 14 of the last 30 days in eighth grade, increasing to daily use (30/30 days) by the end of ninth grade. Across all substances, those in the accelerator group were more likely to have reported lifetime substance use by eighth grade and current substance use in ninth grade, compared to the "infrequent/no use" group.
conclusionsA sizeable proportion of young adolescents are using e-cigarettes, and e-cigarette use is highly correlated with use of other substances, including marijuana. Adolescents who progress to daily e-cigarette use in high school are more likely to use other substances compared to low or nonusers. E-cigarettes may be a relatively new addition to a constellation of substances being actively used by a segment of the youth population.
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