ArticleSubstance use & misuse2022
Prospective Associations of Tobacco Weight Control Beliefs with E-Cigarette Use Patterns in the PATH Study.
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- Trajectories of body mass index and combustible and electronic cigarette use across adolescence: Findings from the PATH study.Addictive behaviors · 2024Article
- E-cigarette weight and appetite control beliefs and e-cigarette initiation in young adults.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2023Article
- Age-Varying Associations Between Attempts to Lose Weight and Nicotine Vaping Across Adolescence: Results From a Nationally Representative Sample.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2023Article
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Abstract
introductionSome adolescents report using e-cigarettes (EC) for weight-related reasons, but longitudinal studies are lacking. This study examined associations between tobacco weight control beliefs and body mass index (BMI) with EC use patterns over one year.
methodsData from Waves 1 and 2 (September 2013 to October 2015) of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study were used. Questions about tobacco weight control beliefs, EC use patterns (never, ever, never to current, ever to current, current to current), cigarette and other tobacco product use, demographics, and BMI were examined among adolescent respondents across Wave 1 and Wave 2.
resultsMost adolescents were never EC users (85.8%). Prevalence of EC use patterns was low across categories of use (0.6%-5.3%). Higher BMI was associated with transition from ever but not current use at Wave 1 to current use at Wave 2. Greater baseline tobacco weight control beliefs and increases in tobacco weight control beliefs were associated with most EC use patterns compared to never use.
conclusionsGreater tobacco weight control beliefs were risk factors for e-cigarette initiation and maintenance among a nationally representative sample of adolescents. BMI was minimally associated with e-cigarette use patterns. Additional studies are needed to replicate and further examine these preliminary prospective associations between weight control beliefs and EC use.
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