ArticlePreventive medicine2017
E-cigarette use and asthma in a multiethnic sample of adolescents.
Article in Preventive medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04616313 (Novel Pulmonary Imaging of Lung Structure and Function in Symptomatic and Asymptomatic E-cigarette Smokers), which is not on this map. Cited by 95 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Novel Pulmonary Imaging of Lung Structure and Function in Symptomatic and Asymptomatic E-cigarette Smokers
Who cites it
95 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 158 citations in OpenAlex.
- Association of active and passive smoking with adolescent asthma: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2026Pooled it
- Population-Based Disease Odds for E-Cigarettes and Dual Use versus Cigarettes.NEJM evidence · 2024Pooled it
- A Systematic Literature Review of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Youth Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) Use.Hawai'i journal of health & social welfare · 2023Pooled it
- A systematic review of the effects of e-cigarette use on lung function.NPJ primary care respiratory medicine · 2022Pooled it
- E-cigarette use and adverse respiratory symptoms among adolescents and Young adults in the United States.Preventive medicine · 2021Pooled it
- Correlates of tobacco use among Asian and Pacific Islander youth and young adults in the U.S.: A systematic review of the literature.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2021Pooled it
- E-cigarette use and respiratory disorders: an integrative review of converging evidence from epidemiological and laboratory studies.The European respiratory journal · 2021Pooled it
- How effective are electronic cigarettes for reducing respiratory and cardiovascular risk in smokers? A systematic review.Harm reduction journal · 2020Pooled it
- Comparison of e-Cigarette and Cigarette Use and Dual Use Associations With Disease: Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974)Pooled it
- Social Media Support Groups for Youth Nicotine Vaping Cessation: An RCT.American journal of preventive medicine · 2026Trial
- Effect of nicotine mouth spray on urges to vape: A randomized, placebo-controlled, pharmacodynamic clinical trial in exclusive e-cigarette users.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2025Trial
- Climate-amplified wildland-urban interface disasters create persistent internal metal mixtures associated with pulmonary impairment.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
- Prevalence and Correlates of Disposable E-Cigarette Use Among Adolescents and Young Adults in Southern Poland.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- The effects of e-cigarette use on asthma severity in adult BALB/c mice.Experimental physiology · 2026Article
- Molecular Health Effects of Electronic Cigarettes.Biomolecules · 2026Review
- Cognitive confusion: A cross-sectional study on the cognitive differences between traditional tobacco and e-cigarettes among college students in Zhejiang Province, China.Tobacco induced diseases · 2026Article
- Multisystem Toxicity of E-Cigarettes in Preclinical and Clinical Studies: Pathophysiologic Effects of E-Cigarette Aerosol Exposures from Head to Toe.Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology · 2026Review
- Nicotine: evolution, dependence, and the path to total quit: redefining cessation in a changing nicotine landscape.Frontiers in public health · 2026Review
- Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between adolescent vaping and physical and mental health problems.Addictive behaviors reports · 2025Article
- The Role of Environmental Exposures in Pediatric Asthma Pathogenesis: A Contemporary Narrative Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
35 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
There is minimal evidence from epidemiological studies on how e-cigarette use is related to health indices in adolescence. We hypothesized that e-cigarette use would be associated with asthma, controlling for demographics and cigarette smoking. The hypothesis was tested with cross-sectional data from a statewide sample of school students. Surveys were administered in classrooms in 2015 to adolescents in 33 high schools throughout the State of Hawaii. The sample (N=6089) was 50% female and mean age was 15.8years. Data were obtained on demographics; ever use and current (past 30days) use of e-cigarettes, combustible cigarettes, and marijuana; ever being diagnosed with asthma; and currently having asthma. Multinomial regression examined the association between e-cigarette use and asthma controlling for cigarette smoking, marijuana use, and six demographic covariates. Current e-cigarette use was associated with currently having (vs. never having) asthma (adjusted odds ratio [aOR]=1.48, CI 1.26-1.74) and with previously having (vs. never having) asthma (aOR=1.22, CI 1.07-1.40). This was independent of cigarette smoking, marijuana use, and other covariates. Smoking and marijuana were nonsignificant in the multivariate analysis. Blacks, Native Hawaiians, other Pacific Islanders, and Filipinos had higher rates of asthma compared with Asian Americans and Caucasians. We conclude that e-cigarette use by adolescents is independently associated with asthma. This finding is consistent with recent laboratory research on pulmonary effects from e-cigarette vapor. Implications for public health should be considered.
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