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Prevalence of Electronic Cigarette Use and Its Determinants among 13-to-15-Year-Old Students in Greece: Results from the 2013 Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS)

Electronic cigarette use has increased over the past decade. Its potential role in smoking cessation, in addiction and as a ‘gateway’ to tobacco smoking is subject to intense research. This cross-sectional study, carried out in 2013, aims to present the habits of students aged 13–15 in Greece with r...

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Autores principales: Soteriades, Soteris, Barbouni, Anastasia, Rachiotis, George, Grevenitou, Panoraia, Mouchtouri, Varvara, Pinaka, Ourania, Dadouli, Katerina, Hadjichristodoulou, Christos
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7084902/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32143414
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17051671
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author Soteriades, Soteris
Barbouni, Anastasia
Rachiotis, George
Grevenitou, Panoraia
Mouchtouri, Varvara
Pinaka, Ourania
Dadouli, Katerina
Hadjichristodoulou, Christos
author_facet Soteriades, Soteris
Barbouni, Anastasia
Rachiotis, George
Grevenitou, Panoraia
Mouchtouri, Varvara
Pinaka, Ourania
Dadouli, Katerina
Hadjichristodoulou, Christos
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description Electronic cigarette use has increased over the past decade. Its potential role in smoking cessation, in addiction and as a ‘gateway’ to tobacco smoking is subject to intense research. This cross-sectional study, carried out in 2013, aims to present the habits of students aged 13–15 in Greece with regard to e-cigarettes and investigate potential risk factors and the relationship between e-cigarettes, tobacco smoking and other nicotine products. It is the first such study to be carried out in Greece. The survey was based on the standardized methodology of the Global Youth Tobacco Survey. All potential associations were investigated using multiple logistic regression. In total 2.8% of the 4096 participating students were current e-cigarette users and 12.3% of them were ever users. E-cigarette use was associated with male gender, being older, current use of combustible tobacco products and e-cigarette use in the family. Ever e-cigarette use, being older, female gender and higher pocket money were associated with an increased susceptibility to tobacco smoking. E-cigarette prevalence in Greece in 2013 was similar to that of other, developed countries. The smoking and vaping habits of adolescents must be monitored in order to assess trends over time and whether any policy alterations are necessary.
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spelling pubmed-70849022020-03-23 Prevalence of Electronic Cigarette Use and Its Determinants among 13-to-15-Year-Old Students in Greece: Results from the 2013 Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) Soteriades, Soteris Barbouni, Anastasia Rachiotis, George Grevenitou, Panoraia Mouchtouri, Varvara Pinaka, Ourania Dadouli, Katerina Hadjichristodoulou, Christos Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Electronic cigarette use has increased over the past decade. Its potential role in smoking cessation, in addiction and as a ‘gateway’ to tobacco smoking is subject to intense research. This cross-sectional study, carried out in 2013, aims to present the habits of students aged 13–15 in Greece with regard to e-cigarettes and investigate potential risk factors and the relationship between e-cigarettes, tobacco smoking and other nicotine products. It is the first such study to be carried out in Greece. The survey was based on the standardized methodology of the Global Youth Tobacco Survey. All potential associations were investigated using multiple logistic regression. In total 2.8% of the 4096 participating students were current e-cigarette users and 12.3% of them were ever users. E-cigarette use was associated with male gender, being older, current use of combustible tobacco products and e-cigarette use in the family. Ever e-cigarette use, being older, female gender and higher pocket money were associated with an increased susceptibility to tobacco smoking. E-cigarette prevalence in Greece in 2013 was similar to that of other, developed countries. The smoking and vaping habits of adolescents must be monitored in order to assess trends over time and whether any policy alterations are necessary. MDPI 2020-03-04 2020-03 /pmc/articles/PMC7084902/ /pubmed/32143414 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17051671 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Soteriades, Soteris
Barbouni, Anastasia
Rachiotis, George
Grevenitou, Panoraia
Mouchtouri, Varvara
Pinaka, Ourania
Dadouli, Katerina
Hadjichristodoulou, Christos
Prevalence of Electronic Cigarette Use and Its Determinants among 13-to-15-Year-Old Students in Greece: Results from the 2013 Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS)
title Prevalence of Electronic Cigarette Use and Its Determinants among 13-to-15-Year-Old Students in Greece: Results from the 2013 Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS)
title_full Prevalence of Electronic Cigarette Use and Its Determinants among 13-to-15-Year-Old Students in Greece: Results from the 2013 Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS)
title_fullStr Prevalence of Electronic Cigarette Use and Its Determinants among 13-to-15-Year-Old Students in Greece: Results from the 2013 Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS)
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence of Electronic Cigarette Use and Its Determinants among 13-to-15-Year-Old Students in Greece: Results from the 2013 Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS)
title_short Prevalence of Electronic Cigarette Use and Its Determinants among 13-to-15-Year-Old Students in Greece: Results from the 2013 Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS)
title_sort prevalence of electronic cigarette use and its determinants among 13-to-15-year-old students in greece: results from the 2013 global youth tobacco survey (gyts)
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7084902/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32143414
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17051671
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