- Title
- Predictors of E-cigarette use among young Australian women
- Creator
- Melka, Alemu S.; Chojenta, Catherine L.; Holliday, Elizabeth G.; Loxton, Deborah J.
- Relation
- American Journal of Preventive Medicine Vol. 56, Issue 2, p. 293-299
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2018.09.019
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2019
- Description
- Introduction: E-cigarette use is controversial worldwide. The majority of previous studies on e-cigarette use were not gender specific. This study aimed to identify the predictors of e-cigarette use among young Australian women. Methods: This study used cross-sectional data from the 1989-1995 cohort of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health. In 2015, study participants (N=8,915) aged 19-26 years completed an online survey. Multivariable logistic regression was used to identify predictors of e-cigarette use. Data were analyzed in 2018. Results: The prevalence of ever and past-year e-cigarette use among young Australian women was 11.1% and 6.4%, respectively. More than a quarter of past-year and ever e-cigarette users were never cigarette smokers. Use of e-cigarettes in the past year was associated with younger age (AOR per year increase=0.87, 95% CI=0.82, 0.93); financial difficulty (AOR=0.68, 95% CI=0.54, 0.87); being an ex-smoker (AOR=5.05, 95% CI=3.64, 7.01) or current cigarette smoker (AOR=10.01, 95% CI=7.77, 12.89); drinking at a level of lifetime risk of harm from alcohol-related disease or injury (AOR=1.23, 95% CI=1.01, 1.53). Ever e-cigarette use showed similar associations and was also associated with rural residence (AOR=0.74, 95% CI=0.60, 0.91) and intimate partner violence (AOR=1.44, 95% CI=1.17, 1.76). Conclusions: The high prevalence of e-cigarette use among never cigarette smokers has significant public health implications. Interventions to curb the use of e-cigarettes among young Australian women should focus on risk factors, such as early age, cigarette smoking, alcohol use, and intimate partner violence.
- Subject
- e-cigarette; Austalian women; public health; alcohol use; SDG 5; SDG 16; Sustainable Development Goals
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1443020
- Identifier
- uon:41862
- Identifier
- ISSN:0749-3797
- Language
- eng
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