Prospective predictors of flavored e-cigarette use: A one-year longitudinal study of young adults in the U.S

In recent years, electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, have increased in popularity among young adults in the U.S. In 2013, 21.6% of 12 –24 year-olds had experimented with e-cigarettes and 5.1% were current users (Schoenborn and Gindi, 2015). Flavored e-cigarettes, enhanced to taste like fruit, candy, chocolate, and other sweet flavors, are particularly appealing to young adults (Bonhomme et al., 2016; Choi et al., 2012) and might be a primary reason for this age group to initiate e-cigarette use (Shiplo et al., 2015).

Source: Drug and Alcohol Dependence - August 25, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: Julia Cen Chen, Kerry M. Green, Amelia M. Arria, Dina L.G. Borzekowski Tags: Full length article Source Type: research