Examining the relationship of vaping to smoking initiation among US youth and young adults: a reality check
The inverse relationship between vaping and smoking was robust across different data sets for both youth and young adults and for current and more established smoking. While trying electronic cigarettes may causally increase smoking among some youth, the aggregate effect at the population level appears to be negligible given the reduction in smoking initiation during the period of vaping's ascendance.
Original quantitative research – A machine learning approach to predict e-cigarette use and dependence among Ontario youth
The top 10 correlates of daily vaping included use of caffeine, cannabis and tobacco, source and type of e-cigarette and absence in last 20 school days. Those of ever-vaping included school size, and use of alcohol, cannabis and tobacco.
Noncigarette Tobacco Product Use Among Smoking-Susceptible and Nonsusceptible Adolescent Never Smokers, 2009–2021
Smoking-susceptible adolescents had a higher prevalence of noncigarette tobacco use and lower nonuse than adolescents not susceptible to smoking, according to findings of a 12-year study published in the Journal of Adolescent Health.
