ArticleDrug and alcohol dependence2017
A longitudinal study of electronic cigarette use and onset of conventional cigarette smoking and marijuana use among Mexican adolescents.
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56 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Electronic cigarettes and subsequent cigarette smoking in young people: A systematic review.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2025Pooled it
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of the association between e-cigarette use among non-tobacco users and initiating smoking of combustible cigarettes.Harm reduction journal · 2024Pooled it
- Systematic Review and Critical Analysis of Longitudinal Studies Assessing Effect of E-Cigarettes on Cigarette Initiation among Adolescent Never-Smokers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- Association between electronic cigarette use and tobacco cigarette smoking initiation in adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2021Pooled it
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- Investigating gateway effects using the PATH study.F1000Research · 2019Pooled it
- Effects of tobacco product type and characteristics on appeal and perceived harm: Results from a discrete choice experiment among Guatemalan adolescents.Preventive medicine · 2021Trial
- Is nicotine vaping associated with subsequent initiation of cannabis or other substances from adolescence into young adulthood?American journal of epidemiology · 2025Article
- Longitudinal analysis of predictors of electronic cigarette trial among adolescents in Guatemala.Addictive behaviors · 2025Article
- Associations between interpersonal violence and cigarette smoking, e-cigarette use, and dual use among Mexican adolescent students.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- A systematic review on risk factors and reasons for e-cigarette use in adolescents.Tobacco induced diseases · 2025Review
- Assessing the Dependence and Perceptions of the Harm and Addictiveness of Electronic Cigarettes among Saudi University Students: A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Association of Electronic Cigarette Use by US Adolescents With Subsequent Persistent Cigarette Smoking.JAMA network open · 2023Article
- Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviours of Adolescents and Young Adult Population on the Use of E-Cigarettes or Personal Vaporizer.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- First tobacco product tried and current use of cigarettes and electronic cigarettes among adolescents from Guatemala City.Salud publica de Mexico · 2023Article
- Modeling the longitudinal transitions of electronic cigarettes and conventional cigarettes with time-dependent covariates among adolescents.Preventive medicine · 2022Article
- Multiple Tobacco Product Use Conceptual Framework: A 2021 Update on Evidence.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2022Review
- Use of Electronic Cigarettes Among Cannabis-Naive Adolescents and Its Association With Future Cannabis Use.JAMA network open · 2022Article
- Is Adolescent E-Cigarette Use Associated With Subsequent Smoking? A New Look.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeThis study evaluated whether e-cigarette trial among Mexican adolescents increased the likelihood of trial and use of conventional cigarettes or marijuana use at follow-up.
methodA school-based longitudinal survey was conducted in 60 public middle schools from the three largest cities in Mexico. Students (12-13years old) were surveyed in 2015 and followed up 20 months later (n=6574). Generalized estimating equations models were used to evaluate the association between e-cigarette trial at baseline and conventional cigarettes smoking and marijuana use at follow-up.
resultAdolescents who had tried e-cigarettes (but not cigarettes) at baseline were more likely to have tried conventional cigarettes at followup compared to adolescents who had tried neither e-cigarettes nor cigarettes (43% vs. 24%, respectively; RR 1.41, 95% CI 1.18-1.70). We also found that adolescents who had tried both conventional cigarettes and e-cigarettes at baseline were more likely to have tried marijuana at follow-up compared to adolescents who had tried neither tobacco product (20% vs. 4%, respectively; RR 2.67, 95% CI 1.78-4.02). Trial of only e-cigarettes was not independently associated with marijuana use at followup.
conclusionsAdolescents who had tried e-cigarettes were more likely to have tried conventional cigarettes and marijuana 20 months later. Although e-cigarettes have been banned in Mexico, it is likely that additional policies and public health campaigns are needed to reduce adolescent use of e-cigarettes and its consequences.
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