ArticleThe Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine2020
E-Cigarette Use Associated With Asthma Independent of Cigarette Smoking and Marijuana in a 2017 National Sample of Adolescents.
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27 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Association of active and passive smoking with adolescent asthma: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2026Pooled it
- Population-Based Disease Odds for E-Cigarettes and Dual Use versus Cigarettes.NEJM evidence · 2024Pooled it
- The Health Effects of Real-World Dual Use of Electronic and Conventional Cigarettes versus the Health Effects of Exclusive Smoking of Conventional Cigarettes: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- E-cigarette use and adverse respiratory symptoms among adolescents and Young adults in the United States.Preventive medicine · 2021Pooled it
- E-cigarette use and respiratory disorders: an integrative review of converging evidence from epidemiological and laboratory studies.The European respiratory journal · 2021Pooled it
- Comparison of e-Cigarette and Cigarette Use and Dual Use Associations With Disease: Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974)Pooled it
- Comparing the Effects of e-Cigarettes and Traditional Cigarettes on Asthma in Adolescents: A Systematic Review.Journal of asthma and allergy · 2026Review
- Multisystem Toxicity of E-Cigarettes in Preclinical and Clinical Studies: Pathophysiologic Effects of E-Cigarette Aerosol Exposures from Head to Toe.Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology · 2026Review
- Exploring Youths' Offers to Use E-Cigarettes in Rural Hawai'i: A Test Development and Validation Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Association between use of heated tobacco products and long-term respiratory effects considering smoking history: internet-based cross-sectional study in Japan.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Current perspective on e-cigarette use and respiratory outcomes: mechanisms and messaging.Expert review of respiratory medicine · 2024Review
- Use of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems and Age of Asthma Onset Among US Adults and Youths.JAMA network open · 2024Article
- Exploring Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Youths' E-Cigarette Resistance Strategies: Implications for Tobacco Product Use Prevention.Journal of health care for the poor and underserved · 2024Article
- Chronic disease as a risk factor for cigarette and e-cigarette use from young adulthood to adulthood.Preventive medicine reports · 2023Article
- Associations for subgroups of E-cigarette, cigarette, and cannabis use with asthma in a population sample of California adolescents.Addictive behaviors · 2023Article
- Longitudinal Association Between Exclusive and Dual Use of Cigarettes and Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems and Asthma Among U.S. Adolescents.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2023Article
- E-cigarette effects on vascular function in animals and humans.Pflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology · 2023Review
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- Tests for confounding with cigarette smoking in the association of E-cigarette use with respiratory disorder: 2020 National-Sample Data.Preventive medicine · 2022Article
- Asthma and Tobacco Smoking.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022Review
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Abstract
purposeKnowledge about the health consequences of e-cigarette use in adolescence remains limited. Available studies of asthma among adolescents are based on data collected five or more years ago, and evidence from more recent generations of e-cigarette products is needed.
methodsWe analyzed data from the 2017 Youth Risk Behavior Survey, a cross-sectional study with a representative U.S. national sample of high school students. Multivariable analyses tested for associations of ever and 30-day e-cigarette use with asthma controlling for cigarette smoking, marijuana use, demographics, and obesity.
resultsA significant association with asthma was found for ever use of e-cigarettes, adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 1.15 (confidence interval [CI], 1.02-1.30; p = .02) and for currently using e-cigarettes, AOR = 1.30 (CI, 1.10-1.53; p = .002). Also related to asthma were current cigarette smoking, AOR = 1.24 (CI, 1.03-1.51; p = .03) and obesity, AOR = 1.48 (CI, 1.30-1.68; p < .0001). E-cigarettes had an additive effect for asthma beyond smoking (p = .03). Differentials in asthma prevalence by race/ethnicity were found, with lower prevalence of asthma for non-Hispanic Asian (p = .02) and Hispanic (p = .03) and higher prevalence for non-Hispanic black (p < .0001) and non-Hispanic multirace (p < .0001) relative to non-Hispanic white populations.
conclusionsE-cigarette use was significantly associated with asthma in recent data on adolescents, controlling for several disease-relevant covariates. The results are consistent with studies based on previous generations of e-cigarettes and support the significance of e-cigarettes as a continuing public health concern.
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