Flavored Cannabis Product Use Among Adolescents in California

Given the well-documented role of flavors in encouraging tobacco use among adolescents and diversity of the cannabis market, we describe flavored cannabis product use, both smoked and aerosolized (“vaped”), among a sample of adolescents. We surveyed 1,423 students in 8 Northern and Central Californi...

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Autores principales: Werts, Miranda, Urata, Janelle, Watkins, Shannon Lea, Chaffee, Benjamin W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021
Materias:
Research Brief
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8220961/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34081578
http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd18.210026
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Sumario:Given the well-documented role of flavors in encouraging tobacco use among adolescents and diversity of the cannabis market, we describe flavored cannabis product use, both smoked and aerosolized (“vaped”), among a sample of adolescents. We surveyed 1,423 students in 8 Northern and Central California public high schools (2019–2020) to record flavored tobacco and cannabis use. Among past 30-day cannabis users, use of flavored cannabis, most often fruit-flavored, was common for smoked (48.1%) and vaped (58.0%) products. Given that youth-appealing flavors may contribute to underage cannabis use, emerging cannabis control policies should consider lessons from tobacco control to prevent youth cannabis use.

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