ArticleThe Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine2018
Reasons for Vaping Among U.S. 12th Graders.
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Youth use of e-liquid flavours-a systematic review exploring patterns of use of e-liquid flavours and associations with continued vaping, tobacco smoking uptake or cessation.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2022Pooled it
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- Enhancing Text Message Support With Media Literacy and Financial Incentives for Vaping Cessation in Young Adults: Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Evaluating the effectiveness of recovery-oriented interventions for youth who vape nicotine: a systematic review protocol.BMJ open · 2024Article
- A clinical overview of adolescent e-cigarette use (vaping).Minerva pediatrics · 2024Article
- Reasons for cigarette and tobacco product use, dual use, and poly use among university students.Tobacco induced diseases · 2024Article
- Sociodemographic characteristics and vaping motives as potential correlates of early vaping initiation.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- A Survey of Vaping Use, Perceptions, and Access in Adolescents from South-Central Texas Schools.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Socio-demographic Correlates of Electronic Cigarette and Cannabis Co-use Among Naïve and Tobacco Adolescent Users.Journal of prevention (2022) · 2023Article
- Reasons for E-cigarette Use, Vaping Patterns, and Cessation Behaviors Among US Adolescents.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2023Article
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- E-cigarettes in the Middle East: The known, unknown, and what needs to be known next.Preventive medicine reports · 2023Article
- Youth Vaping During the Early Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic Period: Adjusted Annual Changes in Vaping Between the Pre-COVID and Initial COVID-Lockdown Waves of the COMPASS Study.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2023Article
- Adolescents' Understanding of Smoking and Vaping Risk Language: Cognitive Interviews to Inform Scale Development.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2022Article
- Motivations for E-cigarette use and associations with vaping frequency and smoking abstinence among adults who smoke cigarettes in the United States.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2022Article
- Preferences, use, and perceived access to flavored e-cigarettes among United States adolescents and young adults.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2022Article
- Adolescents' Use of Nicotine-Free and Nicotine E-Cigarettes: A Longitudinal Study of Vaping Transitions and Vaper Characteristics.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2022Article
- Youth vaping: a review and update on global epidemiology, physical and behavioral health risks, and clinical considerations.European journal of pediatrics · 2022Review
- A qualitative analysis of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) uptake and use among young adult never-smokers in New Zealand.PloS one · 2022Article
- Adolescents' Perceptions of Substance Use Harms are Contingent on Mode of Administration and Type of Substance.Substance abuse : research and treatment · 2022Article
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Abstract
introductionVaping has recently increased in popularity among adolescents. Little is known about heterogeneity of vapers, particularly in terms of why they vape. Identifying major subgroups of adolescent vapers by reasons for vaping is important to understand adolescent vaping behavior and to identify those most at risk for other substance use.
methodsMonitoring Future data from 2015 and 2016 were used in a latent class analysis to identify subgroups of 12th graders based on their endorsement of 10 potential reasons for vaping. Multinomial regression with a latent class outcome was used to predict class membership.
resultsThree distinct classes of vapers were identified: adolescents who were (1) Vaping to Experiment (29.4%), (2) Vaping to Replace Cigarettes (7.3%), and (3) Vaping for Taste + Entertainment (63.4%). Vaping only flavors was associated with lower odds of membership and cigarette use was associated with higher odds of membership in the Vaping to Replace Cigarettes subgroup, and marijuana was associated with lower odds of membership in the Vaping to Experiment subgroup, compared with the Vaping for Taste + Entertainment subgroup.
conclusionsThis study identified multiple subgroups of vapers based on reasons for vaping. Whereas a small subgroup vaped for reasons related to cigarette use, most adolescent vapers reported vaping for reasons unrelated to cigarette use. There were considerable differences in primary reasons for vaping and risk for traditional cigarette and other substance use, suggesting different intervention strategies may be needed for different subgroups of vapers.
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