ArticleBMJ public health2023
Impact of social networks and norms on e-cigarette use among adolescents in Southern California: a prospective cohort study.
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- Factors Associated With Victorian Adolescents' Harm Perceptions and Attitudes About e-Cigarettes.Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals · 2026Article
- Exploring the Relationships Between Social Influence, Vaping Behaviors, and Susceptibility Across Grade Levels in Kentucky.American journal of health promotion : AJHP · 2026Article
- Mediation analysis investigating the mechanisms of two school-based smoking prevention interventions in adolescents from Northern Ireland and Bogotá.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Social network influences on adolescent substance use: Exposure, perceptions, and ethnicity.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2025Article
- The Impact of Social Norms on Diffusion Dynamics: A Simulation of E-Cigarette Use Behavior.Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education · 2025Article
- Ex-Vapers' Perspectives on Helpful and Unhelpful Influences During Their Quit Journeys.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Associations between Interpersonal Communication, Perceived Norms, and E-Cigarette Use: The Moderating Role of Social Network Size.Addiction research & theory · 2025Article
- Associations of Close Social Connections With Smoking and Vaping: A Population Study in England.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2025Article
- Correlates of perceived social unacceptability of vaping among regular e-cigarette users: a cross-sectional study of a sample of Middle Eastern countries.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
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Abstract
Objective: Using social network analysis, we assessed the mechanisms of social influence that promote e-cigarette use in adolescent networks. Methods: Data on health behaviours and friendship networks from a cohort of 10 high schools in Southern California (N=1599) were collected in grade 9 Spring 2021 (W1), grade 10 Fall 2021 (W2) and Spring 2022 (W3). Two mixed effects logistic regression models were estimated (full sample and subsample of non-vapers only) to evaluate the associations of W1 and W2 pro-vaping norms, peer e-cigarette use exposure and prior e-cigarette use (full sample) on past 6-month vaping at W3, adjusting for demographic covariates and school clustering. Results: Previous vaping was the strongest predictor of past 6-month vaping at W3 among the full sample. Greater exposure to friend e-cigarette use at W2 (adjusted OR (AOR)=12.2, 95% CI 4.04 to 36.5) and greater pro-vaping norms at W2 (AOR=2.63, 95% CI 1.24 to 5.55) were significantly and positively associated with increased odds of initiating e-cigarette use at W3 among students with no lifetime e-cigarette use. Conclusion: Peer network exposure and pro-vaping norms are significant predictors of vaping initiation even when network vaping prevalence is low.
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