Young Canadians who use e-cigarettes twice as likely to want to try cigarettes: Study

Public health investigators analyzing data from the Canadian Student Tobacco, Alcohol and Drugs Survey of students in grades seven to 12 report that middle and high school students who tried an e-cigarette - about 10% of students - are twice as likely to be susceptible to smoking cigarettes. The study found 10% of students said they had tried an e-cigarette, and that these children and adolescents were more than twice as likely to report being susceptible to smoking cigarettes, after controlling for other potential factors such as living in areas of Canada with higher smoking rates, behavioural issues and feelings of social connectedness to parents and teachers. The study's author said intentions are a strong predictor of eventual tobacco use, adding that of the never-smoking students surveyed, 32% were considered susceptible to smoking.
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