Tobacco Use Among Middle and High School Students in Pennsylvania

We analyzed data from the 2014–2015 Pennsylvania Youth Tobacco Survey to determine prevalence of tobacco use among middle and high school students. For the first time, questions on current (past 30-day) use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) were included in the survey. For current use, e-cigar...

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Autores principales: Allen, Sophia I., Foulds, Jonathan, Wasserman, Emily, Veldheer, Susan, Hrabovsky, Shari, Yingst, Jessica, Liu, Guodong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5798215/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29389310
http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd15.170289
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Sumario:We analyzed data from the 2014–2015 Pennsylvania Youth Tobacco Survey to determine prevalence of tobacco use among middle and high school students. For the first time, questions on current (past 30-day) use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) were included in the survey. For current use, e-cigarettes were the most commonly used tobacco product among middle school students (2.3%; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.4%–3.2%), and cigarettes were the most commonly used tobacco product among high school students (11.0%; 95% CI, 8.1%–13.8%). Given the changing landscape of tobacco products, collection of comprehensive data on tobacco use, including frequency, is important for monitoring behaviors among adolescents.

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