ArticlePrevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research2018
Social Profile of Middle School-Aged Adolescents Who Use Electronic Cigarettes: Implications for Primary Prevention.
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- Possible role of caffeine in nicotine use onset among early adolescents: Evidence from the Young Mountaineer Health Study Cohort.PloS one · 2023Article
- Cannabis Use and Parenting Practices among Young People: The Impact of Parenting Styles, Parental Cannabis-Specific Rules, and Parental Cannabis Use.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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- Using School Climate to Improve Attendance and Grades: Understanding the Importance of School Satisfaction Among Middle and High School Students.The Journal of school health · 2020Article
- Adolescent E-cigarette use trajectories and subsequent alcohol and marijuana use.Addictive behaviors · 2020Article
- School Climate as an Intervention to Reduce Academic Failure and Educate the Whole Child: A Longitudinal Study.The Journal of school health · 2020Article
- E-Cigarette Use Among Adolescents: An Overview of the Literature and Future Perspectives.Frontiers in public health · 2018Review
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Abstract
Electronic cigarette (EC) use continues to increase among adolescents. From a primary prevention point of view, an important gap in our knowledge includes determining whether young smokers that use EC maintain a distinct social profile from kids who use combustible cigarettes (CC). Survey data from middle school students in West Virginia, USA were collected between September and November of 2015 (N = 6547, response rate 84.7%) as part of a state wide school-based mental health intervention program. Data was analyzed using multinomial logistic regression for categorical data. The results show that compared to never smokers, EC-only users possessed a weaker social support and parental monitoring profile and performed worse in school. Additionally, EC-only users were more likely to feel alienated from school, to associate with delinquent peers, to spend time outside late at night, and to engage in unsupervised gatherings with their friends. In 11 of 13 statistical models no difference was observed between EC-only users compared with CC-only users. However, dual users (that had used both EC and CC in their lifetime) demonstrated a significantly greater risk profile compared with EC-only users. We conclude that middle school-aged kids that use EC share a similar risk profile as kids of the same age that use CC. Similar to traditional cigarette smoking, EC use in young adolescents is likely to be a social marker of a pathway to further delinquency and should therefore be subject to primary prevention approaches.
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