Tobacco Use in Adolescents and Youth
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Global Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2024 | Viewed by 12128
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Tobacco use remains the leading preventable cause of morbidity and mortality globally. Despite significant strides in tobacco control efforts, the use of tobacco products by adolescents and youth continues to rise. In 2021 alone, 34% of high school students said they had ever tried a tobacco product and 14.6% reported trying two or more tobacco products. This is alarming given that dual and poly users are at a higher risk for developing nicotine dependence than those who use a single product and are more likely to continue tobacco use in adulthood. The explosion of e-cigarettes and vaping devices has further complicated the tobacco use and cessation landscape. For almost 10 years, e-cigarettes have been the most used tobacco product among youth. This is of particular concern since the potentially harmful consequences of e-cigarette use in this population have been highlighted by many organizations, including the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Some of these include the downstream initiation of tobacco or other substance use, nicotine dependence and its adverse effects on the developing brain, and impaired lung function due to chemicals and flavorings in e-cigarette liquids. Thus, it is imperative that there are focused efforts to reduce the initiation of tobacco use while developing evidence-based behavioral interventions for tobacco treatment in adolescents and youth. The disproportionate rate of tobacco use within specific sub-populations needs special attention. For instance, due to factors related to minority stress, discrimination, victimization, and targeted marketing by the tobacco industry, cigarette smoking among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ +) youth is alarmingly high and there is great a disparity when compared to the non-LGBTQ + population. Patterns of tobacco use also vary by race. While emerging studies have supported racial disparities in cigarette use, less is known about dual and poly tobacco use across racial and ethnic groups. There is also a distinct absence of the application of an intersectional lens to examine factors related to tobacco use in adolescents and youth. A better understanding of these factors can provide empirical evidence needed to develop culturally tailored and sensitive interventions for these populations. Papers addressing these topics are invited for this Special Issue.
Disclaimer: We will not accept research funded in part or full by any tobacco companies in this Special Issue. For more details, please check: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/15/12/2831/htm.
Dr. Uma S. Nair
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- adolesecent tobacco use
- youth and tobacco use
- vaping e-cigarettes
- minority stress and tobacco
- health equity
- smokeless tobacco
- cigarettes
