Electronic Vapor Product Use and Levels of Physical Activity Among High School Students in Georgia. (5th May 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Rajbhandari-Thapa, Janani; Thapa, Kiran; Li, Yan; Ingels, Justin B.; Shi, Lu; Zhang, Donglan; Shen, Ye; Chiang, Kathryn
• Is Part Of: Tobacco use insights. Volume 15(2022)
• Publication Date: 2022-05-05
• Subjects: Physically active adolescents -- e-cigarette and cigarette use -- electronic vapor products; Nicotine -- Physiological effect -- Periodicals; Nicotine addiction -- Treatment -- Periodicals; Tobacco -- Physiological effect -- Periodicals; Tobacco use -- Health aspects -- Periodicals; Tobacco use -- Periodicals; Tobacco Use; Tobacco Use Disorder -- therapy; Nicotine addiction -- Treatment; Nicotine -- Physiological effect; Tobacco -- Physiological effect; Tobacco use; Tobacco use -- Health aspects; Electronic journals; Periodicals; Fulltext; Internet Resources; Periodicals; Periodicals; 616.865
• DOI: 10.1177/1179173X221101786
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1179-173X

Abstract

Introduction: Using a cross-sectional population-based survey, electronic vapor product (EVP) use was evaluated in relation to physical activity levels among high school students in Georgia. Methods: We used self-reported EVP and cigarette use from the Georgia Student Health Survey 2.0 data from 2018 (N =362 933) and used multi-level multinomial logistic regression models to estimate relative risks of the type of product use relative to no-use by levels of physical activity. Results: Nearly 7% of the students were EVP-only users. The relative risks of being an EVP-only user were 11% and 23% higher for those who were physically active 2-3 days/week and 4-5 days/week, respectively, compared to those who were physically active <=1 day/week. Conclusions: Being physically active was positively associated with EVP use among adolescents. Health promotion education and health policies should be developed as a means of reducing EVP use among adolescents.