ArticleCMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne2017
Electronic cigarette use and smoking initiation among youth: a longitudinal cohort study.
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- Electronic cigarettes and subsequent cigarette smoking in young people: A systematic review.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2025Pooled it
- Health Messaging Strategies for Vaping Prevention and Cessation Among Youth and Young Adults: A Systematic Review.Health communication · 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
- The prevalence of electronic cigarettes vaping globally: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2022Pooled 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
- The impact of e-cigarette use on cognitive function, emotional intelligence, and dementia risk in adolescents and young adults.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Nicotine and the cardiovascular system: unmasking a global public health threat.European heart journal · 2025Article
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- Longitudinal correlates of quitting e-cigarettes in the United States.Preventive medicine reports · 2025Article
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- A systematic review on risk factors and reasons for e-cigarette use in adolescents.Tobacco induced diseases · 2025Review
- Prevalence, Knowledge, Attitudes, and Perceptions About E-Cigarette Smoking Among Students in the Dental Fields in Jordan.International journal of dentistry · 2025Article
- Vape store density and proximity to schools in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia.Tobacco control · 2024Article
- Longitudinal associations of e-cigarette use with cigarette, marijuana, and other drug use initiation among US adolescents and young adults: Findings from the population assessment of tobacco and health study (Waves 1-6).Drug and alcohol dependence · 2024Article
- A Qualitative Analysis of How Underage Adolescents Access Nicotine Vaping Products in Aotearoa New Zealand.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2024Article
- Altered insular functional activity among electronic cigarettes users with nicotine dependence.Translational psychiatry · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe influence of e-cigarette use on smoking initiation is a highly controversial issue, with limited longitudinal data available for examining temporal associations. We examined e-cigarette use and its association with cigarette-smoking initiation at 1-year follow-up within a large cohort of Canadian secondary school students.
methodsWe analyzed data from students in grades 9-12 who participated in 2 waves of COMPASS, a cohort study of purposefully sampled secondary schools in Ontario and Alberta, Canada, at baseline (2013/14) and 1-year follow-up (2014/15). We assessed cigarette smoking and e-cigarette use at baseline and follow-up using self-completed surveys. We used generalized linear mixed-effects models to examine correlates of past 30-day e-cigarette use at baseline and smoking initiation between waves within the longitudinal sample.
resultsPast 30-day e-cigarette use increased from 2013/14 to 2014/15 (7.2% v. 9.7%,
interpretationE-cigarette use was strongly associated with cigarette smoking behaviour, including smoking initiation at follow-up. The causal nature of this association remains unclear, because common factors underlying the use of both e-cigarettes and conventional cigarettes may also account for the temporal order of initiation.
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