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Abstract
PURPOSE: We aimed to identify associations between the frequency of electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use and smoking-related characteristics among adolescent smokers.Entities:
Keywords: Adolescent; Cigarette smoking; Electronic nicotine delivery systems; Smoking
Year: 2019 PMID: 35004440 PMCID: PMC8650982 DOI: 10.4094/chnr.2019.25.4.487
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Child Health Nurs Res ISSN: 2287-9110
Sample Characteristics (N=3,722)
| Variables | Categories | n (%)[ |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | Male | 2,646 (73.2) |
| Female | 1,076 (26.8) | |
| School year | Middle school | 843 (21.1) |
| High school | 2,879 (78.9) | |
| Co-residence with family members | Yes | 3,369 (90.9) |
| No | 353 (9.1) | |
| Depressive feelings | Yes | 1,552 (41.0) |
| No | 2,170 (59.0) | |
| Suicidal ideation | Yes | 820 (21.3) |
| No | 2,902 (78.7) | |
| Binge drinking | Yes | 1,890 (51.3) |
| No | 1,832 (48.7) | |
| Lifetime drug use | Yes | 119 (3.2) |
| No | 3,603 (96.8) | |
| Parental smoking | Yes | 1,930 (51.0) |
| No | 1,792 (49.0) | |
| Friends' smoking | Almost/all | 2,021 (56.1) |
| Several | 1,421 (36.6) | |
| None | 280 (7.3) | |
| Number of days smoked cigarettes during the past 30 days | 1~9 | 1,211 (31.2) |
| 10~19 | 378 (10.1) | |
| 20~29 | 362 (10.1) | |
| 30 | 1,771 (48.6) | |
| Number of cigarettes smoked per day | ≤9 | 2,947 (78.7) |
| 10~19 | 455 (12.4) | |
| ≥20 | 320 (8.9) | |
| Attempt to quit smoking | Yes | 2,649 (71.3) |
| No | 1,073 (28.7) | |
| Lifetime HTP use | Yes | 1,178 (32.4) |
| No | 2,544 (67.6) | |
| Timing of electronic cigarette initiation[ | ≤Elementary school age | 210 (5.7) |
| ≥Middle school age | 3,502 (94.3) | |
| Number of days used electronic cigarettes during the past 30 days | 0 | 2,553 (67.4) |
| 1~2 | 386 (10.3) | |
| 3~9 | 363 (10.3) | |
| ≥10 | 420 (12.0) |
Unweighted frequency and weighted percentage;
Missing data were not included;
HTP=Heated tobacco product.
Smoking-related Characteristics According to the Frequency of Electronic Cigarette Use among Current Smokers (N=3,722)
| Variables | Categories | Number of days used electronic cigarettes during the past 30 days | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 days | 1~2 days | 3~9 days | ≥10 days | |||
| n (%)[ | n (%)[ | n (%)[ | n (%)[ | |||
| Number of days smoked cigarettes during the past 30 days | 1~9 | 974 (79.5) | 106 (8.8) | 94 (8.3) | 37 (3.4) | 3,121.23 (<.001) |
| 10~19 | 276 (71.3) | 34 (9.6) | 43 (11.5) | 25 (7.6) | ||
| 20~29 | 236 (63.4) | 42 (12.1) | 42 (12.0) | 42 (12.5) | ||
| 30 | 1,067 (59.7) | 204 (11.1) | 184 (10.8) | 316 (18.4) | ||
| Number of cigarettes smoked per day | ≤9 | 2,186 (73.1) | 291 (10.0) | 260 (9.2) | 210 (7.7) | 6,118.99 (<.001) |
| 10~19 | 236 (52.6) | 68 (14.0) | 63 (14.3) | 88 (19.1) | ||
| ≥20 | 131 (38.0) | 27 (8.2) | 40 (13.5) | 122 (40.3) | ||
| Attempt to quit smoking | Yes | 1,797 (66.5) | 278 (10.6) | 287 (11.4) | 287 (11.5) | 249.48 (.002) |
| No | 756 (69.7) | 108 (9.8) | 76 (7.3) | 133 (13.2) | ||
| Lifetime HTP use | Yes | 540 (45.1) | 191 (15.6) | 183 (16.2) | 264 (23.1) | 6,819.71 (<.001) |
| No | 2,013 (78.1) | 195 (7.8) | 180 (7.4) | 156 (6.7) | ||
| Timing of electronic cigarette initiation[ | ≤Elementary school age | 58 (25.7) | 13 (5.6) | 47 (22.0) | 92 (46.7) | 5,220.15 (<.001) |
| ≥Middle school age | 2,492 (70.1) | 372 (10.6) | 315 (9.5) | 323 (9.8) | ||
Unweighted frequency and weighted percentage;
Missing data were not included;
HTP=Heated tobacco product.
Smoking-related Factors Associated with the Frequency of Electronic Cigarette Use among Current Smokers[*] (N=3,722)
| Variables | Categories | 1~2 days | 3~9 days | ≥10 days | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | 95% CI |
| OR | 95% CI |
| OR | 95% CI |
| |||||
| Lower | Upper | Lower | Upper | Lower | Upper | ||||||||
| Number of days smoked cigarettes during the past 30 days | (ref: 1~9) | ||||||||||||
| 10~19 | 0.94 | 0.62 | 1.42 | .753 | 1.04 | 0.67 | 1.61 | .864 | 1.41 | 0.83 | 2.39 | .204 | |
| 20~29 | 1.29 | 0.87 | 1.92 | .212 | 1.14 | 0.76 | 1.71 | .515 | 2.60 | 1.54 | 4.38 | <.001 | |
| 30 | 0.99 | 0.75 | 1.32 | .969 | 0.85 | 0.60 | 1.19 | .341 | 2.85 | 1.82 | 4.47 | <.001 | |
| Number of cigarettes smoked per day | (ref:≤9) | ||||||||||||
| 10~19 | 1.22 | 0.86 | 1.74 | .265 | 1.28 | 0.89 | 1.86 | .185 | 1.41 | 1.00[ | 1.98 | .048 | |
| ≥20 | 1.08 | 0.67 | 1.74 | .752 | 1.34 | 0.86 | 2.07 | .191 | 2.62 | 1.88 | 3.64 | <.001 | |
| Attempt to quit smoking | Yes (ref: no) | 1.05 | 0.82 | 1.34 | 1.63 | 1.21 | 2.19 | .001 | 1.23 | 0.96 | 1.57 | .105 | |
| Lifetime HTP use | Yes (ref: no) | 2.95 | 2.33 | 3.72 | <.001 | 2.59 | 2.00 | 3.35 | <.001 | 2.90 | 2.23 | 3.76 | <.001 |
| Timing of electronic cigarette initiation | ≤Elementary school age | 1.08 | 0.56 | 2.10 | .814 | 4.65 | 2.92 | 7.41 | <.001 | 5.50 | 3.44 | 8.79 | <.001 |
| (ref:≥Middle school age) | |||||||||||||
All statistics were adjusted for gender, school year, co-residence with family members, depressive feelings, suicidal ideation, binge drinking, lifetime drug use, parental smoking, and friends' smoking;
The lower end of the confidence interval was 1.003 presented as 1.00 because of rounding;
OR=Odds ratio; CI=Confidence interval; ref=Reference group; HTP=Heated tobacco product.