ArticleAddictive behaviors2020
High school students' use of flavored e-cigarette e-liquids for appetite control and weight loss.
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- A chocolate cake or a chocolate vape? Young adults describe their relationship with food and weight in the context of nicotine vaping.Appetite · 2022Article
- Compulsive exercise and vaping among a sample of U.S. College students aged 18-26 years.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2022Article
- Associations between muscle-building exercise and concurrent e-cigarette, cigarette, and cannabis use among U.S. adolescents.PloS one · 2022Article
- Inhaled or Ingested, Which Is Worse, E-Vaping or High-Fat Diet?Frontiers in immunology · 2022Article
- Prospective Associations of Tobacco Weight Control Beliefs with E-Cigarette Use Patterns in the PATH Study.Substance use & misuse · 2022Article
- The developmental course of the link between weight concerns and cigarette use across adolescence: Differences by gender.The International journal of eating disorders · 2021Observational
- Electronic cigarette use is negatively associated with body mass index: An observational study of electronic medical records.Obesity science & practice · 2021Article
- E-Cigarette Dependence and Weight-Related Attitudes/Behaviors Associated With Eating Disorders in Adolescent Girls.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
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backgroundAlthough weight-related reasons for smoking and vaping have been examined in adults, research in adolescents is lacking. Thus, we examined the prevalence and correlates of using flavored e-liquids for appetite control or weight loss in high school adolescents.
methodsThe analytic sample included 529 students who completed a school-based survey in Connecticut in Spring 2017 (50.6% female, 79.5% White, mean age 16.27 [SD = 1.18], range 13-19 years). Inclusion criteria were past-30-day vaping, using ≥ 1 flavored e-liquid (past month), and having non-missing data on flavored e-liquid use for appetite control and weight loss. Participants reported on sex, age, race, past-30-day vaping and smoking frequency, nicotine e-liquid use, flavored e-liquid use (e.g., tobacco, mint, fruit, candy), and flavored e-liquid use for appetite control and/or weight loss.
resultsAdolescent e-cigarette users (past 30-days) reported vaping flavored e-liquids for appetite control (13.8%) and weight loss (9.3%). Using flavored e-liquids for appetite control or weight loss, respectively, was associated with more frequent vaping (OR = 1.21; 1.21) and using more flavored e-liquids (OR = 1.33; 1.28, p-values < 0.01). Vaping candy-flavored e-liquids (OR = 1.16, p = 0.02) uniquely was associated with vaping for appetite control.
conclusionsA subset of adolescents reported using flavored e-liquids for weight-related reasons. These adolescents reported vaping more frequently than their counterparts, raising concerns about increased nicotine exposure. Research is needed to understand where adolescents learn about weight-motivated vaping (e.g., friends, social media) and whether weight-related motives promote e-cigarette initiation among e-cigarette naïve individuals or continued/escalating use among current users.
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