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Article de Périodique
Young people's use of e-cigarettes across the United Kingdom: Findings from five surveys 2015-2017 (2017)
Auteur(s) :
L. BAULD ;
A. MACKINTOSH ;
B. EASTWOOD ;
A. FORD ;
G. MOORE ;
M. DOCKRELL ;
D. ARNOTT ;
H. CHEESEMAN ;
A. McNEILL
Dans :
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (Vol.14, n°9, September 2017)
Article en page(s) :
art. 973 ; 12 p.
Refs biblio. :
25
Domaine :
Tabac / Tobacco / e-cigarette
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus géographique
ROYAUME-UNI
Thésaurus mots-clés
ADOLESCENT
;
E-CIGARETTE
;
ENQUETE
;
PREVALENCE
;
TABAC
;
INITIATION
;
USAGE REGULIER
Résumé :
Concern has been expressed about the use of e-cigarettes among young people. Our study reported e-cigarette and tobacco cigarette ever and regular use among 11-16 year olds across the UK. Data came from five large scale surveys with different designs and sampling strategies conducted between 2015 and 2017: The Youth Tobacco Policy Survey; the Schools Health Research Network Wales survey; two Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) Smokefree Great Britain-Youth Surveys; and the Scottish Schools Adolescent Lifestyle and Substance Use Survey. Cumulatively these surveys collected data from over 60,000 young people. For 2015/16 data for 11–16 year olds: ever smoking ranged from 11% to 20%; regular (at least weekly) smoking between 1% and 4%; ever use of e-cigarettes 7% to 18%; regular (at least weekly) use 1% to 3%; among never smokers, ever e-cigarette use ranged from 4% to 10% with regular use between 0.1% and 0.5%; among regular smokers, ever e-cigarette use ranged from 67% to 92% and regular use 7% to 38%. ASH surveys showed a rise in the prevalence of ever use of e-cigarettes from 7% (2016) to 11% (2017) but prevalence of regular use did not change remaining at 1%. In summary, surveys across the UK show a consistent pattern: most e-cigarette experimentation does not turn into regular use, and levels of regular use in young people who have never smoked remain very low.
Affiliation :
Institute for Social Marketing, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK