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. 2014 Oct;55(4):588-91.
doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2014.06.016. Epub 2014 Jul 29.

Alternate tobacco product and drug use among adolescents who use electronic cigarettes, cigarettes only, and never smokers

Deepa R Camenga  1 , Grace Kong  2 , Dana A Cavallo  2 , Amanda Liss  2 , Andrew Hyland  3 , Jennifer Delmerico  3 , K Michael Cummings  4 , Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin  2
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Alternate tobacco product and drug use among adolescents who use electronic cigarettes, cigarettes only, and never smokers

Deepa R Camenga et al. J Adolesc Health. 2014 Oct.

Abstract

Purpose: To determine whether use of alternative tobacco products (i.e., cigars, blunts, hookah, smokeless tobacco), alcohol, and marijuana differs among adolescents who currently use (1) electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes); (2) cigarettes only; and (3) never smokers.

Methods: Analysis of a self-reported survey from four high schools in 2010-2011 (n = 3,102) with a subsample (n = 1,556) surveyed on alcohol and marijuana. Analyses were conducted with multinomial logistic regression models accounting for clustering by schools.

Results: The sample contained 2.4% (n = 76) e-cigarette users, 12.4% (n = 386) cigarette smokers, and 85.1% (n = 3,197) never smokers. E-cigarette users were more likely than cigarette-only smokers to report blunt (adjusted odds ratio, 1.81; 95% confidence interval, 1.21-2.71) and hookah use (adjusted odds ratio, 3.12; 95% confidence interval, 1.90-5.13), but not cigar, smokeless tobacco, alcohol, or marijuana use.

Conclusions: E-cigarette users are more likely than cigarette smokers to use hookah and blunts.

Keywords: Adolescent; Alcohol; Marijuana; Tobacco products.

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