TY - JOUR
T1 - E-cigarette use among Texas youth
T2 - Results from the 2014 Texas Youth Tobacco Survey
AU - Cooper, Maria
AU - Case, Kathleen R.
AU - Loukas, Alexandra
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by grant number [ 1 P50 CA180906-01 ] from the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration, Center for Tobacco Products (CTP). National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration had no role in the study design, collection, analysis or interpretation of the data, writing the manuscript, or the decision to submit the paper for publication.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Elsevier Ltd.
PY - 2015/11/1
Y1 - 2015/11/1
N2 - Introduction: Several characteristics of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes), such as candy flavorings, are worrisome for attracting youth. The current cross-sectional study uses data on e-cigarette use from the 2014 Texas Youth Tobacco Survey (TYTS), a representative statewide sample of Texas middle school and high school students. This study's aims are to determine the prevalence of e-cigarette use, including rates of concurrent use with other tobacco products among Texas youth and to describe the demographic and tobacco use differences between e-cigarette users and non-users. Methods: Participants were 13,602 6th through 12th grade students in Texas. Descriptive statistics were generated to determine the prevalence of current and lifetime e-cigarette use and to determine the prevalence of demographic characteristics across e-cigarette usage groups. Logistic regression analyses were conducted to examine differences in demographic characteristics, cigarette use in the home, and tobacco use behaviors for e-cigarette users versus non-users. Results: Almost one quarter of all middle and high school students reported lifetime e-cigarette use and 14.0% were past 30-day users of these products. Current e-cigarette users were more likely to be high school students, white and male than non-current users. Both current and lifetime e-cigarette users were also more likely than their peers to use other tobacco products, although 24.2% of current e-cigarette users had never smoked conventional cigarettes, and 7.3% had never used any other type of tobacco product besides an e-cigarette. Conclusions: Findings highlight the urgency to regulate e-cigarettes as well as to include these products in tobacco prevention programs.
AB - Introduction: Several characteristics of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes), such as candy flavorings, are worrisome for attracting youth. The current cross-sectional study uses data on e-cigarette use from the 2014 Texas Youth Tobacco Survey (TYTS), a representative statewide sample of Texas middle school and high school students. This study's aims are to determine the prevalence of e-cigarette use, including rates of concurrent use with other tobacco products among Texas youth and to describe the demographic and tobacco use differences between e-cigarette users and non-users. Methods: Participants were 13,602 6th through 12th grade students in Texas. Descriptive statistics were generated to determine the prevalence of current and lifetime e-cigarette use and to determine the prevalence of demographic characteristics across e-cigarette usage groups. Logistic regression analyses were conducted to examine differences in demographic characteristics, cigarette use in the home, and tobacco use behaviors for e-cigarette users versus non-users. Results: Almost one quarter of all middle and high school students reported lifetime e-cigarette use and 14.0% were past 30-day users of these products. Current e-cigarette users were more likely to be high school students, white and male than non-current users. Both current and lifetime e-cigarette users were also more likely than their peers to use other tobacco products, although 24.2% of current e-cigarette users had never smoked conventional cigarettes, and 7.3% had never used any other type of tobacco product besides an e-cigarette. Conclusions: Findings highlight the urgency to regulate e-cigarettes as well as to include these products in tobacco prevention programs.
KW - Adolescents
KW - Alternative tobacco products
KW - Electronic cigarettes
KW - Tobacco use
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U2 - 10.1016/j.addbeh.2015.06.034
DO - 10.1016/j.addbeh.2015.06.034
M3 - Article
C2 - 26151581
AN - SCOPUS:84934758426
VL - 50
SP - 173
EP - 177
JO - Addictive Behaviors
JF - Addictive Behaviors
SN - 0306-4603
ER -