ArticleCMAJ open2017
Prevalence and correlates of electronic cigarette use among Canadian students: cross-sectional findings from the 2014/15 Canadian Student Tobacco, Alcohol and Drugs Survey.
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- Global prevalence of E-cigarette use among students: Systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2025Pooled it
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- A qualitative study of e-cigarette emergence and the potential for renormalisation of smoking in UK youth.The International journal on drug policy · 2020Article
- Exploring the Bi-Directional Association between Tobacco and E-Cigarette Use among Youth in Canada.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Youth self-reported exposure to and perceptions of vaping advertisements: Findings from the 2017 International Tobacco Control Youth Tobacco and Vaping Survey.Preventive medicine · 2019Article
- Analysis of the geographical accessibility of vape shops in the vicinity of Quebec's secondary and college educational institutions.Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2019Article
- Examining the Association Between Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior and Sport Participation With E-Cigarette Use and Smoking Status in a Large Sample of Canadian Youth.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2019Article
- Association of alcohol and drug use with use of electronic cigarettes and heat-not-burn tobacco products among Korean adolescents.PloS one · 2019Article
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- An evaluation of school-based e-cigarette control policies' impact on the use of vaping products.Tobacco induced diseases · 2018Article
- Young People's Use of E-Cigarettes across the United Kingdom: Findings from Five Surveys 2015-2017.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundOver the past decade, youth tobacco use has declined, and electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) have entered the market. The aims of this study were to describe the prevalence of e-cigarette use among youth in Canada, by province, across sociodemographic variables and smoking-related correlates; and to examine associations among e-cigarette use, sociodemographic variables and smoking-related correlates, with adjustment for other factors.
methodsThe 2014/15 Canadian Student Tobacco, Alcohol and Drugs Survey, a biennial, school-based survey, was administered to students in grades 6-12 in all Canadian provinces. Logistic regression models were fitted to estimate odds of ever and past 30-day e-cigarette use by sociodemographic variables and smoking-related correlates.
resultsA total of 336 schools from 128 school boards (47% of eligible schools approached) and 42 094 students (66% of eligible students approached) participated in the survey. In Canada, 17.7% (95% confidence interval [CI] 16.4%-18.9%) of students in grades 6-12 reported ever using e-cigarettes, and 5.7% (95% CI 5.2%-6.3%) reported past 30-day use. Substantial variation was observed across provinces. Female students had decreased odds of past 30-day use relative to male students (odds ratio [OR] 0.71, 95% CI 0.59-0.86), whereas current smokers (OR 10.0, 95% CI 6.66-15.02) and experimental smokers (OR 3.61, 95% CI 2.40-5.42) had increased odds relative to never smokers. Students who perceived that access was easy also had increased odds of using e-cigarettes relative to students who perceived that access was difficult (OR 3.86, 95% CI 2.96-5.03). Students who believed that regular use entailed slight risk (OR 0.68, 95% CI 0.52-0.88) and those who did not know risk levels (OR 0.31, 95% CI 0.21-0.46) had decreased odds compared with those perceiving no risk.
interpretationOur data confirm that many youth used e-cigarettes in the 30 days preceding the survey, although rates were substantially higher among current and experimental smokers than among students who had never tried smoking.
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