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Britische Studie belegt: Junge Leute sehen das Dampfen als Umstieg vom Rauchen.  (27.02.2017)

Am 27. Februar 2017 veröffentlichte das Team um Katherine East die Studie: The Association Between Smoking and Electronic Cigarette Use in a Cohort of Young People . In dieser Studie kommen die Forscher zum Ergebnis, dass für junge Erwachsene, die „Dampferkarriere“ mit dem Raucherstart beginnt und dann irgendwann zum Dampfen übergeht. Somit wurde hier indirekt der Gatewayeffekt widerlegt.

Results

At baseline, 19.8% were ever smokers and 11.4% were ever e-cigarette users. Respondents who were ever e-cigarette users (vs. never users, 53% vs. 8%, odds ratio [OR] = 11.89, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 3.56–39.72) and escalated their e-cigarette use (vs. did not, 41% vs. 8%, OR = 7.89, 95% CI = 3.06–20.38) were more likely to initiate smoking. Respondents who were ever smokers (vs. never smokers, 32% vs. 4%, OR = 3.54, 95% CI = 1.68–7.45) and escalated their smoking (vs. did not, 34% vs. 6%, OR = 5.79, 95% CI = 2.55–13.15) were more likely to initiate e-cigarette use. There was a direct effect of ever e-cigarette use on smoking initiation (OR = 1.34, 95% CI = 1.05–1.72), and ever smoking on e-cigarette initiation (OR = 1.08, 95% CI = 1.01–1.17); e-cigarette and smoking escalation, respectively, did not mediate these effects.

Katherine East, Sara C. Hitchman, Ioannis Bakolis, Sarah Williams, Hazel Cheeseman, Deborah Arnott, Ann McNeill

Conclusions

Among young people in Great Britain, ever e-cigarette use is associated with smoking initiation, and ever smoking is associated with e-cigarette initiation.

Katherine East, Sara C. Hitchman, Ioannis Bakolis, Sarah Williams, Hazel Cheeseman, Deborah Arnott, Ann McNeill