E-cigarette use among never-smoking California students

G. Bostean, D.R. Trinidad and W.J. McCarthy

American Journal of Public Health, 2015, vol. 105, issue 12, 2423-2425

Abstract: We determined the extent to which adolescents who have never used tobacco try e-cigarettes. Data on the prevalence and correlates of e-cigarette use among 482179 California middle and high school students are from the 2013-2014California Healthy Kids Survey. Overall, 24.4% had ever used e-cigarettes (13.4%have neverusedtobaccoand11.0% have used tobacco), and 12.9% were current e-cigarette users (5.9% have never used tobacco). Among those who have never used tobacco, males and older students were more likely to use e-cigarettes than females and younger students. Hispanics (odds ratio [OR] = 1.60; confidence interval [CI] = 1.53, 1.67) and those of other races (OR= 1.24; CI = 1.19, 1.29) were more likely than Whites to have ever used e-cigarettes, but only among those who had never used smokeless tobacco and never smoked a whole cigarette. E-cigarette use is very prevalent among California students who have never smoked tobacco, especially among Hispanic and other race students, males, and older students.

Keywords: adolescent; age; California; electronic cigarette; epidemiology; female; human; male; questionnaire; sex difference; smoking; statistics and numerical data; student; utilization, Adolescent; Age Factors; California; Electronic Cigarettes; Female; Humans; Male; Sex Factors; Smoking; Students; Surveys and Questionnaires (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302899

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