Georgiana Bostean1, Catherine M Crespi2, Patsornkarn Vorapharuek3, William J McCarthy4. 1. Department of Sociology, Environmental Science & Policy Program, Chapman University, One University Drive, Orange, CA 92866, United States. 2. Department of Biostatistics, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, 650 Charles E. Young Dr. South, 51-254 CHS, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1772, United States. Electronic address: ccrespi@ucla.edu. 3. Environmental Management, University of San Francisco, Harney Science Center, 2130 Fulton, Street, San Francisco, CA 94117-1080, United States. Electronic address: pvorapharuek@gmail.com. 4. UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Center for Cancer Prevention & Control Research, A2-125 CHS, 650 Charles Young Drive, Los Angeles 90095-6900, United States. Electronic address: wmccarth@ucla.edu.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: This study examined the association between presence of e-cigarette specialty retailers near schools and e-cigarette use among middle and high school students in Orange County (OC), CA. METHODS: The OC subsample of the 2013-2014 California Healthy Kids Survey (N=67,701) was combined with geocoded e-cigarette retailers to determine whether a retailer was present within one-quarter mile of each public school in OC. Multilevel logistic regression models evaluated individual-level and school-level e-cigarette use correlates among middle and high school students. RESULTS: Among middle school students, the presence of an e-cigarette retailer within one-quarter mile of their school predicted lifetime e-cigarette use (OR=1.70, 95% CI=1.02, 2.83), controlling for confounders but no effect for current use. No significant effect was found for high school students. CONCLUSIONS: E-cigarette specialty retailers clustered around schools may be an environmental influence on student e-cigarette experimentation.
OBJECTIVE: This study examined the association between presence of e-cigarette specialty retailers near schools and e-cigarette use among middle and high school students in Orange County (OC), CA. METHODS: The OC subsample of the 2013-2014 California Healthy Kids Survey (N=67,701) was combined with geocoded e-cigarette retailers to determine whether a retailer was present within one-quarter mile of each public school in OC. Multilevel logistic regression models evaluated individual-level and school-level e-cigarette use correlates among middle and high school students. RESULTS: Among middle school students, the presence of an e-cigarette retailer within one-quarter mile of their school predicted lifetime e-cigarette use (OR=1.70, 95% CI=1.02, 2.83), controlling for confounders but no effect for current use. No significant effect was found for high school students. CONCLUSIONS: E-cigarette specialty retailers clustered around schools may be an environmental influence on student e-cigarette experimentation.
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