Effect of seeing e-cigarettes in small shops on probability of e-cigarette experimentation by 1 year follow up in adolescents in Scotland, UK
More details
Hide details
1
University of Stirling, Faculty of Health Sciences and Sport, United Kingdom
2
University of St Andrews, Child and Adolescent Research Unit (CAHRU), School of Medicine, United Kingdom
3
University of St Andrews, School of Medicine, United Kingdom
4
University of Stirling, Institute for Social Marketing, Faculty of Health Sciences and Sport, United Kingdom
Publication date: 2018-03-01
Tob. Induc. Dis. 2018;16(Suppl 1):A233
Download abstract book (PDF)
KEYWORDS
TOPICS
ABSTRACT
Background:
Previous
research has found that small shops are frequently visited by young people and
product exposures in this environment influence their health-related behaviours.
Evidence from cross-sectional research suggests that recall of seeing e-cigarettes
in small shops is associated with adolescent experimentation with e-cigarettes.
This study is the first to explore these relationships with longitudinal follow
up.
Methods:
Data
are from the Determining the Impact of Smoking Legislation among Youth
(DISPLAY) study. A prospective cohort survey was conducted in 4 high schools in
Scotland UK during spring 2015 (n=3807) with follow up 1 year later. Analysis
was restricted to young people who had never used an e-cigarette in 2015 (n= 2839)
and 2388 of these (84%) provided their e-cigarette status in 2016.
Results:
At
baseline 636 (22.6%) of young never e-cigarette users recalled seeing e-cigarettes
for sale in small shops in the last 30 days. In a logistic regression the adjusted
odds ratio for e-cigarette experimentation by follow up was 1.50 (95% CI 1.08
to 2.08) for young people who recalled seeing e-cigarettes in small shops compared
to those who did not. The model was adjusted for recall of e- cigarettes in
supermarkets, recall of e-cigarettes on the internet, recall of e- cigarettes
adverts on other media (TV, radio, newspapers), having friends who smoke,
having family members that smoke, young person's smoking status, sex, age,
family affluence scale and school.
Conclusions:
Seeing
e-cigarettes for sale in small shops may increase the likelihood that young
people will experiment with them. The model was adjusted for noticing other
forms of e-cigarette advertising so this corrects for the fact that young
people who are already interested in e-cigarettes may be more likely to notice
potential sources and information about e-cigarettes. The role of small retailers in normalizing novel nicotine product use in young people requires further investigation.