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According to the results of a Canadian study, more than a quarter of high school students would use the vapoteuse. Among these young adults, the boys would be more concerned.
To replace the cigarette, many people turn to the vapoteuse, this electronic cigarette to fill oneself with a flavored liquid, containing nicotine or not. According to the results of a Canadian study, high school students are also users of these e-cigarettes.
A work that focuses on the high school population
For this work, authors Jamie Seabrook of Brescia University College and Evan R. Wiley of Western University studied data collected from the 2019 Canadian Student Tobacco, Alcohol and Drugs Survey. This national survey is conducted among 38,299 students from grades 9 to 12, the equivalent of high school years here in France.
High school students, more likely to use nicotine vaping
Results: 26% of high school students said they had vaped in the previous month. Of these vapers, 12% reported smoking exclusively nicotine-containing flavors, 11.3% use both nicotine-containing and nicotine-free vapers, and about 2.5% stick exclusively to vapers. use of vapes without nicotine.
“Vapes were initially marketed as a potential solution to smoking with claims that they could be a less harmful alternative. While we are still trying to fully grasp the long-term effects of vaping on physical and mental health, our study shows that female vapers are exposing young people to nicotine and putting them at risk for nicotine addiction.says Jamie Seabrook, chair of the School of food and nutritional sciences at Brescia University College.
Boys more affected by the phenomenon
The study found that male high school students were more likely to be vaping enthusiasts than girls. Substance use was also a factor linked to a higher likelihood of students vaping with and without nicotine.
“Vaping use has been studied before, but we wanted to dig deeper and see what young people vape and how that correlates with age, gender, and use of other substances like alcohol, tobacco and cannabis” adds Jamie Seabrook.
And to conclude : “Young people who vape nicotine-free products tend to have a lesser understanding of the risks of e-cigarette chemicals, which can translate into uninformed use, and they may conclude that the dangers of smoking are also exaggerated” .