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dc.contributor.authorKaufmann, N.
dc.contributor.authorCurrie, Dorothy
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-28T23:33:41Z
dc.date.available2018-03-28T23:33:41Z
dc.date.issued2017-06
dc.identifier249074494
dc.identifier358557d6-d911-4683-8517-a2a802ea2f99
dc.identifier85015658593
dc.identifier000405833500012
dc.identifier.citationKaufmann , 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.2017.02.004en
dc.identifier.issn0033-3506
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0001-7321-9394/work/60196023
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/13042
dc.description.abstractObjectives: 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.
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dc.format.extent455113
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofPublic Healthen
dc.subjectE-cigaretteen
dc.subjectScottishen
dc.subjectAdolescenten
dc.subjectProfileen
dc.subjectPublic healthen
dc.subjectRA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicineen
dc.subjectRJ Pediatricsen
dc.subject3rd-DASen
dc.subjectSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-beingen
dc.subject.lccRA0421en
dc.subject.lccRJen
dc.titleThe Scottish adolescent e-cigarette user : profiling from the Scottish Adolescent Lifestyle and Substance Use Survey (SALSUS)en
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Medicineen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Child and Adolescent Health Research Uniten
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.puhe.2017.02.004
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.date.embargoedUntil2018-03-28


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