Changes in Harm Perception for E-Cigarettes Among Youth in the United States, 2014-2019.
Am J Health Promot
; 37(4): 471-477, 2023 05.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-36263457
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
To evaluate the trend of harm perception for e-cigarettes and the trend of the association between harm perception for e-cigarettes and for cigarettes among US youth from 2014 to 2019. DESIGN, SETTING ANDSUBJECTS:
The National Youth Tobacco Survey is an annual, cross-sectional, school-based survey done among youth selected using three-stage probability sampling.ANALYSIS:
Data were drawn from the 2014 to 2019 Surveys. A Multinomial logistic regression model was used to assess the association between harm perception for e-cigarettes and harm perception for cigarettes for each year.RESULTS:
The percentage of youth who perceived e-cigarettes as harmless decreased from 2014 to 2019 (17.2% to 5.8%). From 2015 to 2018, the percentage of smokers who perceived e-cigarettes as a little harmful increased (33.6% to 41.2%). The positive association between harm perception for e-cigarettes and harm perception for cigarettes became stronger with time. In 2014, the odds of perceiving e-cigarettes as harmless relative to very harmful were 19.55 times greater for youth who perceived cigarettes as harmless, compared to those who perceived cigarettes as very harmful (OR = 19.55; 95% CI 14.19-26.94). These odds increased to 77.65 times in 2019 (OR = 77.65; 95% CI 41.48-107.85).CONCLUSION:
This study suggests a stronger relationship between perceived harm of cigarettes and e-cigarettes with time. Interventions to prevent smoking have the potential to change e-cigarette use.Palavras-chave
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Produtos do Tabaco
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Sistemas Eletrônicos de Liberação de Nicotina
Limite:
Adolescent
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2023
Tipo de documento:
Article