ArticleDrug and alcohol dependence2023
Social media use and cannabis vaping initiation among US youth.
Article in Drug and alcohol dependence, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- The prevalence of cannabidiol (CBD) use in North America and Europe: A meta-analysis.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2026Pooled it
- Scrolling into substance use: Social media use frequency and substance use among U.S. high school students.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2026Article
- E-cigarette use among adults in southern Iran: a qualitative study.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Problematic social media use among recreational cannabis users in Québec: A Cross-Sectional study.Addictive behaviors reports · 2026Article
- Content Analysis of Derived Intoxicating Cannabis Vape Product Attributes and Marketing In an Online Retail Environment.Substance use & misuse · 2026Article
- Social media use, cannabis attitudes, and cannabis use among adolescents: An observational study.Preventive medicine reports · 2025Article
- Mobile phone ownership, social media use, and substance use at ages 11-13 in the ABCD study.Addictive behaviors · 2025Article
- Screen media activity in youth: A critical review of mental health and neuroscience findings.Journal of mood and anxiety disorders · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundYouth cannabis vaping has increased in recent years, and there is growing evidence of cannabis vaping content on social media. This study investigated if social media use is associated with the initiation of cannabis vaping among US youth, using the youth dataset from Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study Waves 4 (2016-2018) and 5 (2018-2019).
methodsUsing youth respondents who never vaped cannabis at Wave 4 (N=8357), we conducted a multivariable logistic regression analysis on initiation of cannabis vaping at Wave 5 (i.e., ever-vaped cannabis) by frequency of social media use, after controlling for covariates (e.g., sociodemographic, other tobacco and substance use).
resultsIn this analytic sample, 66.5% reported daily social media use, 16.2% reported non-daily and 17.3% reported 'not having a social media account' or 'no social media use' at Wave 4. Further, 14.0% (n=1183) initiated cannabis vaping at Wave 5. In the multivariable logistic regression model, daily social media use (vs. never use; aOR=2.68; 95% CI=2.05, 3.49) and non-daily social media use (vs. never use; aOR=1.54; 95% CI=1.14, 2.09) at Wave 4 were associated with cannabis vaping initiation at Wave 5.
conclusionsOur evidence suggests that social media use by youth is associated with cannabis vaping initiation among youth in subsequent years, even after controlling for other risk factors. Consistent surveillance and regulation of cannabis vaping-related content on social media, as well as prevention efforts, including counter-messaging on social media about the potential harms of cannabis vaping, are critically needed.
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