TY  - JOUR
AU  - Tilton, Gabriel
AU  - Huston, Sara
AU  - Albert, Pamela
PY  - 2023
TI  - Risk and Protective Factors for Vaping and Smoking Among High School Students in Maine
T2  - Preventing Chronic Disease
JO  - Prev Chronic Dis
SP  - E28
VL  - 20
CY  - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA.
N2  - INTRODUCTION  Vaping rates are rising among adolescents across the country, and smoking rates remain high. Understanding risk and protective factors associated with vaping and smoking can guide public health interventions. This study examined risk and protective factors associated with vaping and smoking among high school students in Maine. METHODS  We used 2019 Maine Integrated Youth Health Survey (MIYHS) data to examine risk and protective factors for vaping and smoking among Maine high school students. Our analytic sample consisted of 17,651 Maine high school students. In addition to bivariate analyses, we used unadjusted and adjusted logistic regression models to assess risk and protective factors. RESULTS  Factors with the greatest effect on students' likelihood to vape, smoke, or do both were parental attitude toward adolescent smoking and depressive symptoms. Students who reported their parents feel it is a little wrong or not wrong at all if they smoked had 4.9 times higher adjusted odds of smoking and 4.6 times higher adjusted odds of vaping and smoking compared with students who said their parents feel it would be wrong or very wrong if they smoked. Students who reported depressive symptoms had 2.1 times higher adjusted odds of vaping, 2.7 times higher adjusted odds of smoking, and 3.0 times higher adjusted odds of vaping and smoking compared with students who did not report depressive symptoms. CONCLUSION  Understanding risk and protective factors for smoking and vaping among high school students can help tailor adolescent-focused vaping and smoking public health interventions to increase effectiveness.
SN  - 1545-1151
UR  - https://doi.org/10.5888/pcd20.220307
DO  - 10.5888/pcd20.220307
ER  -