Journal article
E-cigarette use and the relationship to smoking among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous Australian Secondary Students, 2017
C Heris, M Scully, C Chamberlain, V White
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health | ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC | Published : 2022
Abstract
Objective: Estimate the prevalence of e-cigarette use (vaping) among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adolescents and explore the relationship between vaping and tobacco use. Methods: N=18,199 students aged 12–17 years (n=1,097 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) participating in the 2017 Australian Secondary Students’ Alcohol and Drug (ASSAD) Survey self-reported their e-cigarette and lifetime, past month and past week smoking behaviours. Results: Twenty-two per cent of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students (14% all) reported having ever used e-cigarettes. Significantly greater odds of e-cigarette use among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students was observed overall..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The authors thank and acknowledge the government and non-government education authorities, the school principals, teachers, and students who cooperated to make this study possible. We thank the research staff for assistance with data collection. The ASSAD survey receives funding from the Australian Government Department of Health and State and Territory Governments of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania, the Northern Territory and the ACT; as well as from Cancer Councils in Victoria, South Australia, Queensland and Tasmania, Cancer Institute NSW and the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute. CC receives an NHMRC Career Development Fellowship (1161065). CC chairs an NHMRC committee to provide advice to the NHMRC CEO on an e-cigarettes position statement.