High school students' use of flavored e-cigarette e-liquids for appetite control and weight loss
High school students' use of flavored e-cigarette e-liquids for appetite control and weight loss
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DOI：
10.1016/j.addbeh.2019.106139
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发表时间：
2020-03-01
影响因子：
4.4
通讯作者：
Krishnan-Sarin, Suchitra
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作者：
Morean, Meghan E.;Bold, Krysten W.;Krishnan-Sarin, Suchitra
Background: Although weight-related reasons for smoking and vaping have been examined in adults, research in adolescents is lacking. Thus, we examined the prevalence and correlates of using flavored e-liquids for appetite control or weight loss in high school adolescents.Methods: The analytic sample included 529 students who completed a school-based survey in Connecticut in Spring 2017 (50.6% female, 79.5% White, mean age 16.27 [SD = 1.18], range 13-19 years). Inclusion criteria were past-30-day vaping, using >= 1 flavored e-liquid (past month), and having non-missing data on flavored eliquid use for appetite control and weight loss. Participants reported on sex, age, race, past-30-day vaping and smoking frequency, nicotine e-liquid use, flavored e-liquid use (e.g., tobacco, mint, fruit, candy), and flavored eliquid use for appetite control and/or weight loss.Results: Adolescent e-cigarette users (past 30-days) reported vaping flavored e-liquids for appetite control (13.8%) and weight loss (9.3%). Using flavored e-liquids for appetite control or weight loss, respectively, was associated with more frequent vaping (OR = 1.21; 1.21) and using more flavored e-liquids (OR = 1.33; 1.28, p-values < 0.01). Vaping candy-flavored e-liquids (OR = 1.16,p = 0.02) uniquely was associated with vaping for appetite control.Conclusions: A subset of adolescents reported using flavored e-liquids for weight-related reasons. These adolescents reported vaping more frequently than their counterparts, raising concerns about increased nicotine exposure. Research is needed to understand where adolescents learn about weight-motivated vaping (e.g., friends, social media) and whether weight-related motives promote e-cigarette initiation among e-cigarette naive individuals or continued/escalating use among current users.
