Cannabis Legalization and Adolescent Use of Electronic Vapor Products, Cannabis, and Cigarettes.
J Addict Med
; 16(1): e16-e22, 2022.
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| ID: mdl-35120066
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
Cannabis legalization may have unintended consequences, such as effects on prevalence of adolescent use of other substances. We hypothesize that in states that have legalized recreational cannabis (RCL states), electronic vapor product use ("vaping"), cannabis, and cigarette use among adolescents is more prevalent than in states that have only legalized medical cannabis (MCL states) and states that have neither legalized recreational nor medical cannabis (NL states).METHODS:
Data are from the Center for Disease Control's 2017 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey (nâ=â107,665), a nationally representative survey of US high school students. We categorized student responses by cannabis legalization status of the state in which they lived at time of survey, then tested associations between cannabis legalization status and adolescent vaping, cannabis, and cigarette use, using logistic regressions.RESULTS:
Students in RCL states were significantly more likely to report current vaping behaviors compared to NL students [odds ratios (OR's) 2.07-2.21]. Students in cannabis-legal states were significantly more likely to report ever or currently using cannabis compared to NL students (OR's 1.27-1.40). MCL students were significantly less likely to report current cigarette smoking (ORâ=â0.86) compared to NL students.CONCLUSIONS:
Adolescents in cannabis-legal states were more likely to report vaping and cannabis use compared to adolescents in NL states. Public health officials, policymakers, and clinicians should consider the associations between cannabis legalization and adolescent vaping, cigarette, and cannabis use patterns.
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Base de dados:
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Assunto principal:
Cannabis
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Produtos do Tabaco
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Sistemas Eletrônicos de Liberação de Nicotina
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Vaping
Tipo de estudo:
Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2022
Tipo de documento:
Article