Offers of Cigarettes and E-Cigarettes Among High School Students: A Population Study from California

Cole, Adam G.; Cummins, Sharon E.; Zhu, Shu-Hong

doi:10.3390/ijerph16071143

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Offers of Cigarettes and E-Cigarettes Among High School Students: A Population Study from California

Adam G. Cole

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Sharon E. Cummins

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Shu-Hong Zhu

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Moores Cancer Center, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA 92093, USA

Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA 92093, USA

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Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16(7), 1143; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16071143

Received: 14 February 2019 / Revised: 22 March 2019 / Accepted: 28 March 2019 / Published: 30 March 2019

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Receiving offers of cigarettes or e-cigarettes can contribute to the progression from intention to actual use. However, there is a lack of data about the prevalence or characteristics of youth being offered cigarettes or e-cigarettes. A random sample of 91 high schools in the state of California (with 40,137 students) participated in the 2015–16 California Student Tobacco Survey. Offers of cigarettes and e-cigarettes in the last 30 days were assessed. Separate multilevel logistical regression models identified student characteristics associated with being offered cigarettes and e-cigarettes. On average, 11.1% and 16.1% of all students reported being offered cigarettes and e-cigarettes in the last 30 days, respectively. Among those who received offers of cigarettes, 45.5% were never smokers. Among those who received offers of e-cigarettes, 29.6% were never vapers. Male students were more likely to report being offered an e-cigarette than female students (Adjusted Odds Ratio (AOR) 1.13), as were students with friends that used e-cigarettes (AOR 5.14–23.31) and those with high sensation seeking tendencies (AOR 1.33). Similar characteristics were associated with offers of cigarettes. Including measures of offers of cigarettes and e-cigarettes in surveillance systems could help identify those at risk of future cigarette and e-cigarette use. View Full-Text

Keywords: electronic cigarettes; tobacco control; youth tobacco use; risk for tobacco use; susceptibility to future smoking

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Cole, A.G.; Cummins, S.E.; Zhu, S.-H. Offers of Cigarettes and E-Cigarettes Among High School Students: A Population Study from California. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16, 1143. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16071143

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Cole AG, Cummins SE, Zhu S-H. Offers of Cigarettes and E-Cigarettes Among High School Students: A Population Study from California. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019; 16(7):1143. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16071143

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Cole, Adam G., Sharon E. Cummins, and Shu-Hong Zhu. 2019. "Offers of Cigarettes and E-Cigarettes Among High School Students: A Population Study from California" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 7: 1143. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16071143

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