News Finding: Among non-smoking youth who had ever used e-cigarettes, 43.9 percent said they intended to smoke conventional cigarettes within the next year, compared with 21.5 percent of those who had never used e-cigarettes.
Paper Finding: Among youth who had ever used e-cigarettes, 43.9% had intention to smoke conventional cigarettes within the next year compared with 21.5% of never ecigarette users.
News Context: Among non-smoking youth who had ever used e-cigarettes, 43.9 percent said they intended to smoke conventional cigarettes within the next year, compared with 21.5 percent of those who had never used e-cigarettes. In addition, exposure to pro-tobacco advertising was associated with the intention to smoke among U.S. middle and high school students who reported never smoking. "We have to continue to focus on the fact that youth are still developing and therefore they are a vulnerable population; they are prone to experimenting and engaging in risk taking behaviors," Dube said.
Paper Context: In a nationally representative sample of middle and high school students who had never smoked cigarettes, we found that youth who had used e-cigarettes were nearly two times more likely to have intentions to smoke conventional cigarettes than youth who had never used e-cigarettes. Among youth who had ever used e-cigarettes, 43.9% had intention to smoke conventional cigarettes within the next year compared with 21.5% of never ecigarette users. Although the number of e-cigarette users who had never used cigarettes was small, the number increased 3-fold between 2011 and 2013.