Young Canadian e-Cigarette Users and the Covid-19 Pandemic

Examining Vaping Behaviors by Pandemic Onset and Gender

Bibliographic Data

ID22077930
AuthorsD Brett Hopkins (0000-0002-1040-8697, Dalhousie University, corresponding author), Mohammed Al‐hamdani (0000-0002-2527-4492, Saint Mary's University)
Year2021
Volume8
Pages620748-620748
Publication date2021-01-27
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFrontiers in Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2296-2565 • E-ISSN: 2296-2565
PublisherFrontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fpubh.2020.620748
PMID33585389
OpenAlexW3122558804
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited27

The aim of this study was to test how youth and young adult e-cigarette users responded to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2020 Youth and Young Adult Vaping Survey ( N = 1,308) included 540 (44.7%) participants that reported differences in their vaping behaviors since the onset of the pandemic. Gender was the only relevant covariate that yielded a significant effect and/or interaction through a multivariate test. A two-way multivariate analysis of variance was used to test the effect of pandemic onset (pre- vs. during-pandemic), gender (males vs. females), and their interaction on vaping behaviors (days of vaping per week, episodes of vaping per day, and puffs per vaping episode). Respondents reported fewer days of vaping per week, episodes of vaping per day, and puffs per vaping episode during-pandemic than pre-pandemic [ F (3,533) = 52.81, p < 0.001, η p 2 = 0.229]. The multivariate effect of gender on the three vaping outcomes was not statistically significant [ F (3, 533) = 2.14, p = 0.095, η p 2 = 0.012], though the interaction between pandemic onset and gender was [ F (3, 533) = 2.86, p = 0.036, η p 2 = 0.016]. Males reported fewer episodes of vaping per day [ t (262) = 7.40, p < 0.001, 95% CI: 5.19–8.97] and puffs per vaping episode [ t (263) = 3.23, p = 0.001, 95% CI:0.292–1.20] during-pandemic than pre-pandemic. Females reported fewer vaping episodes per day during-pandemic than pre-pandemic [ t (273) = 5.14, p < 0.001, 95% CI: 2.76–6.18]. Further, females reported more frequent puffs per vaping episode in comparison to males during-pandemic [ t (538) = −2.38, p = 0.017, 95% CI: −2.09–0.200]. The COVID-19 pandemic presents an opportunity to reduce vaping through health promotion messaging. Since females take more puffs per vaping episode overall, they may benefit the most from greater vaping cessation supports

2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Algorithm · Multivariate analysis · Multivariate statistics · Outbreak · Pandemic · Sociology · Statistics · Young adult · Computer Science · COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts · Demography · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Mathematics · Medicine · Smoking Behavior and Cessation · Gerontology · Internal Medicine · Virology

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