E‐cigarette use and sleep‐related complaints among youth. (20th August 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Riehm, Kira E.; Rojo‐Wissar, Darlynn M.; Feder, Kenneth A.; Mojtabai, Ramin; Spira, Adam P.; Thrul, Johannes; Crum, Rosa M.
• Is Part Of: Journal of adolescence. Volume 76(2019)
• Page Start: 48
• Page End: 54
• Publication Date: 2019-08-20
• Subjects: Sleep problems -- Smoking -- E‐cigarettes -- Adolescents; Adolescent psychiatry -- Periodicals; Adolescent psychology -- Periodicals; Adolescence -- Periodicals; Electronic journals; 305.23505
• DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2019.08.009
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0140-1971

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Introduction: E‐cigarette use is highly prevalent among adolescents. However, little research has examined the relationship between e‐cigarette use and sleep‐related complaints in this population. The objective of this study was to assess whether exclusive e‐cigarette, exclusive combusted cigarette, and dual‐product use are associated with sleep‐related complaints among adolescents. Methods: Participants were 9, 588 U.S. adolescents from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study, a nationally representative cohort, followed from 2013 through 2015. Using logistic regression, we examined the cross‐sectional association between past‐year e‐cigarette, combusted cigarette, or dual‐product use and past‐year sleep‐related complaints (bad dreams, sleeping restlessly, or falling asleep during the day), both measured at Wave 2. We controlled for Wave 1 demographic characteristics, emotional and behavioral health, and prior history of e‐cigarette use, combusted cigarette use, and sleep‐related complaints. Results: In unadjusted analyses, e‐cigarette, combusted cigarette, and dual‐product use were significantly associated with greater odds of sleep‐related complaints, compared to use of neither product (e‐cigarettes: OR = 1.61, 95% CI 1.34–1.94; combusted cigarettes: OR = 1.62, 95% CI 1.26–2.09; dual‐product use: OR = 2.00, 95% CI 1.63–2.46). Associations between e‐cigarette and dual‐product use and sleep‐related complaints remained significant in fully adjusted analyses (e‐cigarettes: aOR = 1.29, 95% CI 1.05–1.59; dual‐product use: aOR = 1.57, 95% CI 1.24–1.99), whereas associations with combusted cigarette use were significant in all models except the fully adjusted model (aOR = 1.30, 95% CI 0.98–1.71). Conclusions: E‐cigarette and dual‐product use are significantly associated with greater odds of reporting sleep‐related complaints among adolescents. Future research should evaluate whether this association may be causal.