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E-cigarette use among never-smoking California students

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

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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.

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  • Bostean, G. & Trinidad, D.R. & McCarthy, W.J., 2015. "E-cigarette use among never-smoking California students," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 105(12), pages 2423-2425.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2015.302899_7
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302899
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