Are e-cigarettes reviving the popularity of conventional smoking among Taiwanese male adolescents? A time-trend population-based analysis for 2004-2017

2020 ◽  
pp. tobaccocontrol-2019-055310
Author(s):  
Wayne Gao ◽  
Mattia Sanna ◽  
Enkhzaya Chuluunbaatar ◽  
Min-Kuang Tsai ◽  
David T Levy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Cigarette Smoking ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Cigarette Use ◽  
Interrupted Time Series Analysis ◽  
School Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Male High School

IntroductionIn Taiwan, national tobacco use surveys show that e-cigarette use has increased since 2014 among youth, while, at the same time, conventional cigarette smoking has continuously decreased. The purpose of this study is to examine whether the increased popularity of e-cigarettes has undermined this favourable declining trend for cigarette smoking.MethodsWe examined conventional cigarette and e-cigarette prevalence among male high school students (aged 16–18 years) and adults from 2004 to 2017, using data from cross-sectional nationally representative surveys. Applying interrupted time series analysis, we assessed whether there was a change in trend in 2014, when e-cigarette use started to gain popularity from long-term trends in prior years (2004–2013).ResultsE-cigarette use prevalence increased from 2.5% in 2014 to 6.4% in 2017 among male high school students but was negligible among male adults, declining from 1.4% in 2015 to 0.8% in 2017. The annual relative decline in the cigarette smoking rate after e-cigarettes started to gain popularity was greater (−10%) than the long-term trend (−2%) among high school students. Among adults, the change in trend over time after e-cigarettes started to gain popularity was not significant (ie, not significantly different from 0).ConclusionsThe increased popularity of e-cigarettes since 2014 is associated with a greater decline in youth smoking, compared with previous years. On the contrary, e-cigarette use has remained very low among Taiwanese male adults and no additional impact on the conventional smoking trend is found.

scholarly journals Longitudinal study of e-cigarette use and onset of cigarette smoking among high school students in Hawaii

2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas A Wills ◽  
Rebecca Knight ◽  
James D Sargent ◽  
Frederick X Gibbons ◽  
Ian Pagano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Cigarette Smoking ◽  
Cigarette Use ◽  
School Students

Cigarette Smoking and Sports Participation in Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Survey among High School Students in Italy

1997 ◽  
Vol 32 (11) ◽  
pp. 1555-1572 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Donato ◽  
Deodato Assanelli ◽  
Roberta Chiesa ◽  
Maria Luisa Poeta ◽  
Vincenzo Tomasoni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Cigarette Smoking ◽  
Sports Participation ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
School Students ◽  
Cross Sectional

scholarly journals Determinants of e-cigarette use among a sample of high school students in Jakarta, Indonesia

2019 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mouhamad Bigwanto ◽  
Mochamad Iqbal Nurmansyah ◽  
Elizabeth Orlan ◽  
Yoli Farradika ◽  
Tri Bayu Purnama
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cigarette Use ◽  
School Students ◽  
Enabling Factors ◽  
Multivariate Statistical ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Potential Health ◽  
Reinforcing Factors

Abstract Objectives The aim of this study was to determine the predisposing, enabling and reinforcing factors associated with electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use among high school students in Jakarta, Indonesia. Methods This cross-sectional study took place in eight high schools in Jakarta, Indonesia. A total of 767 students were recruited by multistage cluster random sampling. Bivariate and multivariate statistical analyses were employed to determine the associations between socio-demographic, predisposing, reinforcing and enabling factors and e-cigarette use. Results Respondents were 54.1% male and the mean age was 16 years old [standard deviation (SD): 1.02]. In this sample, 32.2% of students (n = 247) had ever used e-cigarettes and 11.8% of students were e-cigarette users (n = 90). Several measured factors were positively associated with e-cigarette use, including: current smoking of conventional cigarettes [odds ratio (OR): 2.06]; perception that e-cigarettes are less addictive than conventional cigarettes (OR: 1.98); perception that e-cigarettes do not cause cancer (OR: 2.38); parental acceptance of e-cigarette use (OR: 3.80); and having enough money to buy e-cigarettes (OR: 3.24). The only variable found that was negatively associated with e-cigarette use was teacher’s use of e-cigarettes (OR: 0.34). Conclusions This study found that student social influences, perceptions about and accessibility to e-cigarettes were significantly positively associated with e-cigarette use among high school students in Jakarta, Indonesia. This study highlights the importance of educating students, their parents and teachers regarding safety and potential health hazards of using e-cigarettes. Efforts to implement and enforce youth access restrictions on e-cigarettes in Indonesia are crucial to preventing further uptake of these products.

scholarly journals Motivating Female Students for Computer Science by Means of Robot Workshops

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Keller ◽  
Isabel John
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Requirements Elicitation ◽  
Male Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Nao Robot ◽  
Male High School ◽  
Application Fields

As women belong to a minority in computer science, this work aims to provide possible STEM education initiatives for middle to high school students. These initiatives are designed for institutions to contribute to increasing the proportion of women in computer science by using robots. Through applying these initiatives, institutions such as computer science faculties can help to reduce the gender imbalance, increase diversity and the amount of computer science specialists, who are requested immensely. Based on the results of conducted requirements elicitation a concept for programming an application with the NAO robot which trains vocabularies, as well as a concept with the Cozmo robot which piles up cubes, were developed. First tests were performed with female and male high school students. Either concept consists of an introduction of possible robotics application fields, a presentation explaining the Python program code of the concept as well as corresponding exercises with the robot and Python. Evaluation of the workshop concepts through questionnaires showed that both concepts have the potential to increase the proportion of women and to motivate female as well as male students for computer science. Moreover, recommendations for further robotics projects with respect to motivating young women for STEM can be made based on the insights of the requirements elicitation and the evaluation of the concepts. Nevertheless, further refinement and validation has to be undertaken. Long-term as well as short-term initiatives are feasible with the developed concepts. All participating schools showed high interest in both types of initiatives and further cooperation.

scholarly journals Cigarette Smoking Based on Prototype Willingness Model in Male High School Students

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hossain Farshidi ◽  
Teamur Aghamolaei ◽  
Zahra Hosseini ◽  
Amin Ghanbar Nejad ◽  
Fatemeh Alsadat Hosseini
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Cigarette Smoking ◽  
School Students ◽  
Prototype Willingness Model ◽  
Male High School

scholarly journals Individual and Interpersonal Factors and Their Interaction Predicting the Intentional Physical Education Skipping Behavior among Lithuanian High School Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (14) ◽  
pp. 7616
Author(s):  
Brigita Mieziene ◽  
Arunas Emeljanovas ◽  
Ichiro Kawachi ◽  
Laima Gasiuniene ◽  
Laura Tumynaite ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Protective Role ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
School Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Education Benefits ◽  
Promotion Of Physical Activity

The promotion of physical activity in physical education (PE) might be enabled only in the case that PE is attended. Intentional skipping of PE, while widespread, is understudied. The aim of the study is to identify individual and interpersonal correlates as well as their interaction effect on the intentional PE skipping behavior in Lithuanian high school students. This cross-sectional population-based study included 1285 students aged from 14 to 18 years old. Among them, 42.2 were male. PE skipping, sociodemographic, individual and interpersonal indicators were measured. Results revealed that 58.4% of high school students intentionally skip their PE class at least once per week. The main correlates of PE skipping are sedentary behavior and social participation. The main preventive factors are perception of PE usefulness, better self-rated health among direct predictors. Indirectly, social capital played a protective role for PE skipping classes through a more positive perception of PE usefulness. Raising awareness of physical education benefits, providing a rationale for physical education in the social contexts of family and school, in terms of family support and building trust with teachers, strengthening reciprocity at school indirectly prevents students’ PE skipping behaviors.

Association between e-cigarette use initiated after cigarette smoking and smoking abstinence: a cross-sectional study among adolescent established smokers in the USA

2021 ◽  
pp. tobaccocontrol-2020-055943
Author(s):  
Franziska S Saller ◽  
Israel T Agaku ◽  
Filippos T Filippidis
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Cigarette Smoking ◽  
Electronic Cigarettes ◽  
Smoking Initiation ◽  
Sensitivity Analyses ◽  
Inverse Association ◽  
Cigarette Use ◽  
School Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Usa

BackgroundRecent years have seen a rapid increase in the popularity of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) among adolescents in the USA. Evidence on their role in the continuation of or abstinence from cigarette smoking among young smokers remains scarce.ObjectiveTo examine the relationship between e-cigarette use initiated after cigarette smoking and abstinence from cigarette smoking among US adolescent established smokers.MethodsThe data were drawn from the 2015–2018 National Youth Tobacco Survey—a nationally representative survey of US middle and high school students. Multivariable logistic regression was used to assess the association between ever e-cigarette use and past 30-day abstinence from cigarette smoking. The analytical sample comprised ever established cigarette smokers with or without a history of e-cigarette use after smoking initiation.ResultsNeither experimental (adjusted OR 0.67, 95% CI 0.39–1.14) nor prior established (adjusted OR 1.56, 95% CI 0.96–2.56) nor current established (adjusted OR 0.65, 95% CI 0.41–1.03) e-cigarette use was statistically significantly associated with subsequent abstinence from cigarette smoking among adolescent ever established smokers. These findings were largely consistent across sensitivity analyses using alternative key definitions, although experimental and current established e-cigarette use was significantly negatively associated with past 6-month abstinence.ConclusionsWe found no evidence that e-cigarette use among US adolescents already smoking cigarettes is associated with subsequent abstinence from cigarette smoking; there was some evidence of an inverse association among experimental and current established e-cigarette users. These findings could inform future regulatory and public health efforts regarding youth e-cigarette use and the reduction of youth cigarette smoking in the USA.

scholarly journals Association between anger management and cigarette consumption in adolescents

2016 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 435
Author(s):  
Zuleima Cogollo-Milanés ◽  
Edna Margarita Gómez-Bustamante
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Cigarette Smoking ◽  
Anger Management ◽  
Anger Expression ◽  
Trait Anger ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
School Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Adolescent Students

Introduction: Cigarette smoking in adolescents is associated with a set of variables such as sex, age, anxiety disorders, depression and secondhand smoke (parents, siblings and friends). However, the association between anger management and smoking among adolescent students has been poorly studied in Colombia.Objective: To quantify the association between anger management in high school students in Cartagena, Colombia.Materials and methods: A cross-sectional survey designed for adolescent students of sixth and seventh grade in high school. Anger management was quantified through a seven-item version of the Spielberger’s Inventory for State-Trait Anger Expression (Cronbach’s alpha: 0.73) and through the input of the participants who have smoked at least once.Results: A total of 1 090 students between ages 10 to 18 (µ=12.3, σ=1.1), attending sixth and seventh grades, took part in the study; 565 (52.1%) were female. A group of 269 students (24.7%) reported low anger control, and 127 (11.7%) stated they had smoked at least once. After age and sex adjustment, the association between anger and smoking was not statistically significant (OR=1.35; 95%CI: 0.89-2.04).Conclusions: Anger management is a variable independent from cigarette smoking among teenager students.

scholarly journals High school students’ use of JUUL pod flavors before and after JUUL implemented voluntary sales restrictions on certain flavors in 2018

PLoS ONE ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (12) ◽  
pp. e0243368
Author(s):  
Meghan E. Morean ◽  
Krysten W. Bold ◽  
Grace Kong ◽  
Deepa R. Camenga ◽  
Asti Jackson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Cigarette Use ◽  
School Students ◽  
Mango Fruit ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
P Values ◽  
Online Sales ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Potential Impact

Objectives In November 2018, JUUL, Inc. restricted sales of mango, fruit medley, crème brûlée, and cucumber pods to its website. Physical/online sales of tobacco, menthol, and mint pods continued. We examined rates of adolescent JUUL device and flavored pod use before and after restrictions were implemented to examine their potential impact. Methods Students from 4 Connecticut high schools completed cross-sectional surveys in 2018 (N = 3170) and 2019 (N = 3074). Results Compared to 2018, current (past-month) JUUL use decreased in 2019 (30.2–25.6%). Among current JUUL users, restricted flavor use (mango [62.8–36.9%]; cucumber [27.7–11.9%]; fruit [23.5–11.4%]; crème brûlée [12.3–5.0%]) and the total number of flavors used (2.09[SD = 1.71]-1.51[SD = 1.33]) decreased (p-values < .001), while mint pod use increased (62.0–68.6%, p < .01). Tobacco and menthol pod use remained stable. Conclusions Following voluntary sales restrictions implemented by JUUL, Inc., restricted flavor use and the total number of flavors used decreased among JUUL users while mint use increased. Results suggest flavor restrictions may impact adolescents’ e-cigarette use. While 2020 Food and Drug Administration restrictions on mint pods may further limit youth JUUL use, research is needed to determine where youth acquire restricted flavors and if restrictions prompt increased popularity of unrestricted devices/e-liquids.

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