E-Cigarettes May Lead to Youth Tobacco Use: Evidence Mounts

E-cigarettes, Cigarettes, and the Prevalence of Adolescent Tobacco Use.

BACKGROUND Adolescent e-cigarette use has increased rapidly in recent years, but it is unclear whether e-cigarettes are merely substituting for cigarettes or whether e-cigarettes are being used by those who would not otherwise have smoked. To understand the role of e-cigarettes in overall tobacco product use, we examine prevalence rates from Southern California adolescents over 2 decades. MET...

Electronic cigarettes may lead to nicotine addiction.

E-cigarettes, vaping, and youth.

Protobacco Media Exposure and Youth Susceptibility to Smoking Cigarettes, Cigarette Experimentation, and Current Tobacco Use among US Youth

PURPOSE Youth are exposed to many types of protobacco influences, including smoking in movies, which has been shown to cause initiation. This study investigates associations between different channels of protobacco media and susceptibility to smoking cigarettes, cigarette experimentation, and current tobacco use among US middle and high school students. METHODS By using data from the 2012 Nat...

Perceptions of e-Cigarettes and Noncigarette Tobacco Products Among US Youth.

BACKGROUND Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are now the most commonly used tobacco product among US youth. The extent to which perceptions of e-cigarettes' harm and addictiveness differ from those of other products remains unknown, as does whether these perceptions have changed over time. METHODS Data from the 2012 and 2014 National Youth Tobacco Survey, a repeated cross-sectional survey ...