E-cigarette Use in a Nationally Representative Sample of Adolescents.

Consumption of E-cigarettes has increased worldwide. Despite this, there is still a lack of data about the use of E-cigarettes in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). This study uses data from the 2019 National Adolescent School-based Health Survey, which encompasses a nationally representative...

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Publicado en:International Journal of Mental Health & Addiction Vol. 23; no. 6; pp. 4491 - 4499
Autores principales: Marmirolli, Fábio A. P., Garcia, Victor M. P. S., Fidalgo, Thiago M.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Springer Nature Dec2025
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Sumario:Consumption of E-cigarettes has increased worldwide. Despite this, there is still a lack of data about the use of E-cigarettes in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). This study uses data from the 2019 National Adolescent School-based Health Survey, which encompasses a nationally representative sample of 125,997 Brazilian adolescents. The prevalence of E-cigarette use was 17.14%. Through the use of logistic regression models, we found an association between the use of E-cigarettes and being male, having other ethnicities than Black or mixed races, as well as lifetime use of tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drugs. These findings improve the understanding of E-cigarette use in LMIC populations and direct the path for future research.