ArticlePreventive medicine reports2019
Youth who use e-cigarettes regularly: A qualitative study of behavior, attitudes, and familial norms.
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46 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Interpersonal communication and perceived norms as social influence mechanisms of e-cigarette use among adults: a systematic review.The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse · 2024Pooled it
- Urgent Need for Novel Investigations of Treatments to Quit E-cigarettes: Findings from a Systematic Review.Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2022Pooled 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
- Familial Influences on Adolescent E-Cigarette and Cannabis Use: A Qualitative Analysis.Journal of child & adolescent substance use · 2026Article
- Social Influences Across Vaping Trajectories of Female Tertiary Students.Drug and alcohol review · 2026Article
- Prevalence, perceived effects, and motivations for adolescent e-cigarette use: A cross-sectional study in the Paris region.Tobacco prevention & cessation · 2026Article
- Social Media Engagement and Quit Intentions Among Youth With Exclusive E-cigarette Use: The Moderating Role of Social Norms.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2025Article
- Associations between Interpersonal Communication, Perceived Norms, and E-Cigarette Use: The Moderating Role of Social Network Size.Addiction research & theory · 2025Article
- "I just wish vaping wasn't a thing": an Australian qualitative study of parental concerns and perceptions towards adolescent vaping.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Perspectives, motivations, and experiences of adolescents and young adults using nicotine vapes: a qualitative review.Health promotion international · 2025Article
- Nicotine Concentration of E-Cigarettes Used by Youths.JAMA network open · 2025Article
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- Vaping health perceptions and never vaping among Australian adolescents: a strength-based analysis of cross-sectional survey data.BMJ public health · 2025Article
- The Vaper's Perspective: A Qualitative Study of E-Cigarette Users and Smokers in Slovenia.Zdravstveno varstvo · 2024Article
- Synthetic nicotine descriptors: awareness and impact on perceptions of e-cigarettes among US youth.Tobacco control · 2024Article
- Assessment of human abuse potential of an unflavored, sucralose-sweetened electronic cigarette in combustible cigarette smokers.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 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
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- Erratum issued
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Abstract
Limited research exists describing youth who use e-cigarettes on a regular basis, including knowledge of nicotine levels, health effects, and plans for future use. This qualitative study explored the patterns of use, social and familial norms, and perceptions of health effects among this group. Youth (N = 43), 14-17 years old, who described themselves as regular e-cigarette users, participated in 4 focus group discussions in Miami, Florida, and Raleigh, North Carolina in February 2016. Youth often initiated or continued e-cigarette use with a device obtained from a friend or family member, and often do not own their own device. They cite the flavors and doing tricks as the two main reasons they initially used e-cigarettes. Many reported that their family members are aware they use e-cigarettes, and that they have received implicit and explicit messages from family members that are positive toward ecigarette use. They are aware of the negative effects of nicotine, including addiction, but not confident that they are using e-liquids without nicotine. Participants reported they will stop using e-cigarettes when they become aware of reported negative health effects. Parents and family members are an important target audience for prevention campaigns and health messaging, given that their own use and acceptance could be encouraging initiation and continuation. Youth are using products containing nicotine and may be becoming addicted, even if they would not choose to use nicotine-containing e-juice. Increased awareness of negative health effects may encourage prevention and cessation of e-cigarette use among youth.
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