ReviewChildren (Basel, Switzerland)2022
Association between Harmful and Addictive Perceptions of E-Cigarettes and E-Cigarette Use among Adolescents and Youth-A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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25 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Interventions to change vaping harm perceptions and associations between harm perceptions and vaping and smoking behaviours: A systematic review.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2026Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Predictors of Vaping Cessation Among Young People.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2025Pooled it
- Assessing the impact of a reduced chemical exposure claim in advertisements for US Food and Drug Administration-authorized e-cigarette products among youth and young adults.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2026Trial
- Psychosocial Correlates of Exclusive and Dual Nicotine Use among Adolescents in a Context of E-Cigarette Sales Prohibition.Journal of community health · 2026Article
- Chronic Health Conditions and Substance Use Among Canadian Youth: A Nationally Representative Study: Problèmes de santé chroniques et usage de substances chez les jeunes Canadiens : étude représentative à l'échelle nationale.Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2026Article
- Psychosocial Correlates of Adolescent E-Cigarette Preventive Behavior Among Thai Secondary School Students: A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Knowledge, Attitude, and Use of E-Cigarettes Among Syrian University Students: A Cross-Sectional Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Adolescent E-cigarette use, social media exposure and socioeconomic inequality - results from a german school-based survey.Preventive medicine reports · 2026Article
- Why Our Youth Vape?-A Trend Analysis Based on Cross-Sectional Annual Surveys of Middle and High School Students in the U.S.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- Use of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems for Weight Control Among Sexual and Gender Minority Individuals Who Smoke Cigarettes.Substance use & misuse · 2026Article
- Impact of Nicotine-Free Electronic Cigarettes on Cardiovascular Health: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Parental influence and multiple nicotine product use patterns among adolescents: a cross-sectional study of family context and e-cigarette use.International journal of occupational medicine and environmental health · 2025Article
- Emerging trends and determinants of electronic cigarette use among young Thai men, 2022-2024.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Awareness, perceptions, and use of e-cigarettes among medical university students in Tbilisi, Georgia.Journal of substance use · 2025Article
- Comparing self-rated health among exclusive e-cigarette users and traditional cigarette smokers: an analysis of the Health Survey for England 2019.Internal and emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Electronic Cigarette Perception in Baltimore High Schools.Open journal of psychology · 2025Article
- Vaping health perceptions and never vaping among Australian adolescents: a strength-based analysis of cross-sectional survey data.BMJ public health · 2025Article
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- Cancer screening adherence among e-cigarette users in the United States.Tobacco prevention & cessation · 2025Article
- Anxiety as a predictor of the age of initiation of tobacco and cannabis use in adolescents and young adults.Addictive behaviors · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundRecognising the association between the perceived risks of e-cigarettes and e-cigarette usage among youth is critical for planning effective prevention and intervention initiatives; thus, a systematic review and meta-analysis were performed.
methodsFourteen databases were searched for eligible studies from the Inception of database until March 2022 to examine the effect estimates of the association between perceptions of harmfulness and addictiveness and overall e-cigarette usage among adolescents and youth.
resultsThe meta-analysis showed that in comparison to non-users, young people who were ever e-cigarette users were two times more likely to disagree that e-cigarettes are harmful (OR: 2.20, 95% CI: 1.41-3.43) and perceived e-cigarettes as less harmful than tobacco cigarettes (OR: 2.01, 95% CI 1.47-2.75). Youths who were ever e-cigarette users were also 2.3 and 1.8 times more likely to perceive e-cigarettes as less addictive (OR: 2.28, 95% CI: 1.81-2.88) or perceive e-cigarettes as more addictive (OR: 1.82, 95% CI: 1.22-2.73) than tobacco cigarettes, as compared with non-users. The subgroup analysis reported that adolescents were more likely to believe that e-cigarettes are less harmful than tobacco cigarettes, while youth users perceived otherwise.
conclusionthe risk perceptions of e-cigarettes are associated with e-cigarette use among adolescents and youth and could be the focus of health promotion to prevent and curb the uptake of e-cigarettes among young people.
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