Electronic Cigarette Use Among College Students: Links to Gender, Race/Ethnicity, Smoking, and Heavy Drinking

Objective: Electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use continues to rise, and current data regarding use of e-cigarettes among college students are needed. The purpose of this study was to examine e-cigarette use and the relation of such use with gender, race/ethnicity, traditional tobacco use, and heavy...

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Published in:Journal of American college health 2015-11, Vol.63 (8), p.523-529
Main Authors: Littlefield, Andrew K., Gottlieb, Joshua C., Cohen, Lee M., Trotter, David R. M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Alcohol Drinking - epidemiology
Alcohol use
Cigarettes
College Students
Continental Population Groups - statistics & numerical data
Drinking
Drinking behavior
e-cigarette
electronic cigarette
Electronic cigarettes
Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems - statistics & numerical data
Ethnic Groups - statistics & numerical data
Ethnicity
Female
Gender
Gender Differences
heavy drinking
Humans
Male
Nicotine
Psychology
Questionnaires
Race
Racial Differences
Self Report
Sex Factors
Smoking
Smoking - epidemiology
Statistical Analysis
Students - statistics & numerical data
Tobacco
tobacco use
Undergraduate students
United States (South)
Universities
Young Adult
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Summary:Objective: Electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use continues to rise, and current data regarding use of e-cigarettes among college students are needed. The purpose of this study was to examine e-cigarette use and the relation of such use with gender, race/ethnicity, traditional tobacco use, and heavy drinking. Participants and Methods: A sample of 599 college students enrolled in General Psychology at a state university completed a self-report questionnaire. Results: Twenty-nine percent of students reported prior use of e-cigarettes, with 14% reporting use in the past 30 days. E-cigarette use was linked to male gender but not to race/ethnicity. Dual use (ie, concurrent use of both traditional and e-cigarettes) was related to heavier use of traditional and e-cigarettes, and nicotine use was linked to pronounced rates of heavy drinking. Conclusions: E-cigarette use among college students is exponentially on the rise, and its co-use with alcohol may contribute to negative outcomes in this population.
ISSN:0744-8481
1940-3208
DOI:10.1080/07448481.2015.1043130