Adolescent health briefRise in Electronic Cigarette Use Among Adolescents in Poland
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Methods
We completed a cross-sectional study to investigate e-cigarette use among students aged 15–19 years in Poland between October 2013 and January 2014. The study was performed in the two regions of Poland using a three-staged stratified cluster sample as described previously [6]. To compare e-cigarette use between the two samples, we pooled the data for the same regions and participants' age ranges from a larger cross-sectional study conducted nationally in 2010–2011 and compared it with data from
Results
We found that current e-cigarette use, dual use, and tobacco cigarette smoking were significantly higher in the 2013–2014 sample than the 2010–2011 sample (p < .0001). In 2010–2011, 16.8% (95% confidence interval [CI], 14.7–19.2) of the study sample had ever tried e-cigarettes and 5.5% (95% CI, 3.8–7.8) were current e-cigarette users. In 2013–2014, 62.1% (95% CI, 60.1–64.0) of the study sample had ever tried e-cigarettes and 29.9% (95% CI, 28.2–31.7) were current e-cigarette users. Current
Discussion
Our two cross-sectional samples of adolescents aged 15–19 years in Poland suggest that e-cigarette use is high and may be increasing among adolescents in Poland. We found higher rates of ever and current e-cigarette use in survey conducted in 2013–2014 than in 2010–2011. Interestingly, along with the higher prevalence of e-cigarette use in 2013–2014 compared with 2010–2011, the prevalence of smoking tobacco cigarettes was also higher (38.0% vs. 23.9%, respectively). Observed increase in smoking
Acknowledgments
The authors thank Craig Steger for editorial help. M.L.G. contributed to the conception of the work, data analysis, and drafting the manuscript. M.L.G., L.B., and A.S. contributed equally to design of the work and interpretation of the data. M.G. and J.N. contributed equally to the acquisition of data for the work. All authors approved the final version of the manuscript.
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Conflicts of Interest: M.L.G. reports grants from Pfizer (2011 Global Research Award for Nicotine Dependence), a manufacturer of smoking cessation drugs, outside the submitted work; L.B. reports grants from Tobacco-Free Kids, outside the submitted work; A.S. reports personal fees from eSmoking Institute, Poznan, Poland, and nonfinancial support from Chic Group LTD, a manufacturer of electronic cigarettes in Poland, outside the submitted work. The other authors have nothing to disclose.