Perceiving E-Cigarettes as Safe and Safer Alternative to Cigarettes Among Young Adults.

Substance use & addiction journal Pub Date : 2024-04-01 Epub Date: 2024-01-28 DOI:10.1177/29767342231218533
Rachel Carmen Ceasar, Jessica L Braymiller, Afton Kechter, Kelsey A Simpson, Sara J Schiff, Naosuke Yamaguchi, Jessica L Barrington-Trimis
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Background: Young adults are using e-cigarettes at high rates. While the literature on the health risks associated with e-cigarettes is extensive and growing, little is known about young adults' thoughts and perceptions of the safety and harms of e-cigarettes.

Methods: We conducted one-on-one interviews with young adults aged 18 to 25 years in Los Angeles, California between June 2018 and June 2019. We interviewed and audio-recorded young adults (N = 62) who consented to the study and self-reported to have used e-cigarettes on a weekly basis or more for at least 5 months prior to study enrollment. Interviews examined participants' thoughts, feelings, and experiences related to e-cigarette use. We audio-recorded, transcribed, and coded the interviews using grounded theory analysis methods.

Results: Young adults often believed that e-cigarettes were safer than cigarettes and were safe to use, especially following positive vaping experiences. Young adults were skeptical of the available science on e-cigarette use and felt there was not conclusive data on the harms of e-cigarettes. In their selection of e-cigarettes over cigarettes, young adults felt they were making a conscious and healthier choice. Because young adults viewed e-cigarettes to be better for them based on their personal experiences with vaping, they felt e-cigarettes were a superior alternative to combustible tobacco.

Conclusions: Young adults in our study believed that the long-term health effects of e-cigarette use are not clearly understood and were generally skeptical of the research on e-cigarette harms. Policy, education, and anti-smoking campaigns need to clarify the negative health-related consequences of e-cigarette use for young people.

青少年认为电子烟是安全和更安全的香烟替代品。
背景:年轻人使用电子烟的比例很高。尽管有关电子烟相关健康风险的文献很多且在不断增加,但人们对年轻人对电子烟安全性和危害的想法和看法却知之甚少:我们于 2018 年 6 月至 2019 年 6 月期间在加利福尼亚州洛杉矶市对 18 至 25 岁的年轻人进行了一对一访谈。我们采访并录音了同意参加研究的年轻成年人(N = 62),他们自称在参加研究前至少 5 个月每周使用电子烟或更长时间。访谈调查了参与者与使用电子烟有关的想法、感受和经历。我们采用基础理论分析方法对访谈进行了录音、转录和编码:结果:年轻人通常认为电子烟比香烟更安全,使用起来也很安全,尤其是在有了积极的吸烟经历之后。年轻人对现有的电子烟使用科学持怀疑态度,认为没有关于电子烟危害的确凿数据。在选择电子烟而不是香烟时,年轻人认为他们是有意识地做出了更健康的选择。由于年轻人根据自己吸食电子烟的亲身经历,认为电子烟对自己更有益,因此他们认为电子烟是可燃烟草的上佳替代品:在我们的研究中,年轻人认为使用电子烟对健康的长期影响还没有得到清楚的认识,并且普遍对电子烟危害的研究持怀疑态度。政策、教育和反吸烟运动需要澄清使用电子烟对年轻人健康的负面影响。
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