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The Scottish adolescent e-cigarette user : profiling from the Scottish Adolescent Lifestyle and Substance Use Survey (SALSUS)
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dc.contributor.author | Kaufmann, N. | |
dc.contributor.author | Currie, Dorothy | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-03-28T23:33:41Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-03-28T23:33:41Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-06 | |
dc.identifier | 249074494 | |
dc.identifier | 358557d6-d911-4683-8517-a2a802ea2f99 | |
dc.identifier | 85015658593 | |
dc.identifier | 000405833500012 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Kaufmann , N & Currie , D 2017 , ' The Scottish adolescent e-cigarette user : profiling from the Scottish Adolescent Lifestyle and Substance Use Survey (SALSUS) ' , Public Health , vol. 147 , pp. 69-71 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2017.02.004 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0033-3506 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0001-7321-9394/work/60196023 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/13042 | |
dc.description.abstract | Objectives: Profiling the Scottish adolescent e-cigarette user Study design: 283 state, independent and grant maintained schools participated in the Scottish Adolescent Lifestyle and Substance Use Survey (SALSUS) between September 2013 and 2014. 33,685 13 and 15-year-old pupils who had completed the cross-sectional survey SALSUS questionnaire, and answered the question based on e-cigarette use were included in the analysis. Profiling of the typical Scottish adolescent e-cigarette user through gender, age, socioeconomic status, urban/rural location, weekly alcohol consumption, current drug use and current tobacco smoking was the main outcome measured. Results: 1.1% of adolescents were current e-cigarette users with 11% having tried the devices before. Current e-cigarette users were significantly more likely to be male (OR=1.9; CI= 1.5-1.9), rural (OR= 1.4; CI=1.1-1.9), smoke tobacco (OR=21.1; CI=15.3-29.1), weekly alcohol (OR=1.4; CI=1.1-1.9) and current drug users (OR=2.3; CI=1.7-3.0). There were no significance differences observed for socioeconomic status. Similar results were observed for those using both and those who only used e-cigarettes. Only tobacco smokers differed in that they were significantly more likely to be female than male (OR=0.56; CI=0.51-0.63) and of a lower socioeconomic status (OR=1.3; CI=1.1-1.4). Conclusions: The Scottish adolescent e-cigarette user is male, lives rurally, a weekly alcohol drinker, a current drug user and a tobacco smoker. This profiling study helps to inform policy makers targeting e-cigarette use. Further research requires a longitudinal study and monitoring the changing views of this group. | |
dc.format.extent | 3 | |
dc.format.extent | 455113 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Public Health | en |
dc.subject | E-cigarette | en |
dc.subject | Scottish | en |
dc.subject | Adolescent | en |
dc.subject | Profile | en |
dc.subject | Public health | en |
dc.subject | RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine | en |
dc.subject | RJ Pediatrics | en |
dc.subject | 3rd-DAS | en |
dc.subject | SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being | en |
dc.subject.lcc | RA0421 | en |
dc.subject.lcc | RJ | en |
dc.title | The Scottish adolescent e-cigarette user : profiling from the Scottish Adolescent Lifestyle and Substance Use Survey (SALSUS) | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Medicine | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Child and Adolescent Health Research Unit | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.puhe.2017.02.004 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.date.embargoedUntil | 2018-03-28 |
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