Reasons for Trying E-cigarettes and Risk of Continued Use
Author(s) -
Krysten W. Bold,
Grace Kong,
Dana A. Cavallo,
Deepa R. Camenga,
Suchitra KrishnanSarin
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
pediatrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.611
H-Index - 345
eISSN - 1098-4275
pISSN - 0031-4005
DOI - 10.1542/peds.2016-0895
Subject(s) - medicine , longitudinal study , psychological intervention , curiosity , demography , electronic cigarette , cigarette smoking , environmental health , psychiatry , social psychology , psychology , pathology , sociology
Longitudinal research is needed to identify predictors of continued electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use among youth. We expected that certain reasons for first trying e-cigarettes would predict continued use over time (eg, good flavors, friends use), whereas other reasons would not predict continued use (eg, curiosity).
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