US study findings early age of vaping associated with many risky behaviors
Boccio CM, Jackson DB. Examining potential risk factors for the early age of nicotine vaping initiation in a sample of Florida youth. Addictive Behaviors. 2021. Volume 120; 106962
“Researchers analyzed data from the 2019 cohort of the Florida Youth Substance Abuse Survey (FYSAS) of youth 10 to 17 years of age. They employed multinomial logistic regression and logistic regression to examine potential risk factors for the early age of nicotine vaping initiation.
Findings revealed that the early age of initiation is associated with cigarette use, alcohol use, having substance-using peers, lifetime incidence of arrest, and lifetime incidence of school suspension. In conclusion, the early age of nicotine vaping initiation is associated with other forms of risky behavior….”
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Stephen Hamann
