Protective Factors Against e-Cigarette Use Among First Nations People Aged 16–24 in the Next Generation Youth Wellbeing Study

Abstract

Issue Addressed: Adolescent e-cigarette use is increasing and is associated with subsequent smoking. This study examines potential protective factors associated with not vaping among First Nations adolescents in Australia to inform community programs. Methods: The ‘Next Generation: Youth Wellbeing Study’ is a cohort study of First Nations adolescents aged 10–24 years from urban, rural and remote communities in Central Australia, Western Australia and New South Wales. Analysis of self-reported vaping from 16 to 24-year-olds, collected 2018–2020, using multi-level mixed-effects Poisson regression to estimate age-site-adjusted prevalence ratios (PRs) for never-vaping in relation to various fact..