E-Cigarette Use Among Never-Smoking California Students
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-2015
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 482 179 California middle and high school students are from the 2013–2014 California Healthy Kids Survey.
Overall, 24.4% had ever used e-cigarettes (13.4% have never used tobacco and 11.0% 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.
Recommended Citation
Bostean, G., Trinidad, D. R., & McCarthy, W. J. (2015). E-cigarette use among never-smoking California students. American Journal of Public Health, 105(12): 2423-2425. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302899
Peer Reviewed
1
Copyright
American Public Health Association
Comments
This article was originally published in American Journal of Public Health, volume 105, issue 12, in 2015. DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2015.302899