Bauld Linda, MacKintosh Anne Marie, Eastwood Brian, Ford Allison, Moore Graham, Dockrell Martin, Arnott Deborah, Cheeseman Hazel, McNeill Ann
Institute for Social Marketing, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, UK.
UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2017 Aug 29;14(9):973. doi: 10.3390/ijerph14090973.
Concern has been expressed about the use of e-cigarettes among young people. Our study reported e-cigarette and tobacco cigarette ever and regular use among 11-16 year olds across the UK. Data came from five large scale surveys with different designs and sampling strategies conducted between 2015 and 2017: The Youth Tobacco Policy Survey; the Schools Health Research Network Wales survey; two Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) Smokefree Great Britain-Youth Surveys; and the Scottish Schools Adolescent Lifestyle and Substance Use Survey. Cumulatively these surveys collected data from over 60,000 young people. For 2015/16 data for 11-16 year olds: ever smoking ranged from 11% to 20%; regular (at least weekly) smoking between 1% and 4%; ever use of e-cigarettes 7% to 18%; regular (at least weekly) use 1% to 3%; among never smokers, ever e-cigarette use ranged from 4% to 10% with regular use between 0.1% and 0.5%; among regular smokers, ever e-cigarette use ranged from 67% to 92% and regular use 7% to 38%. ASH surveys showed a rise in the prevalence of ever use of e-cigarettes from 7% (2016) to 11% (2017) but prevalence of regular use did not change remaining at 1%. In summary, surveys across the UK show a consistent pattern: most e-cigarette experimentation does not turn into regular use, and levels of regular use in young people who have never smoked remain very low.
人们对年轻人使用电子烟的情况表示担忧。我们的研究报告了英国11至16岁青少年中电子烟和卷烟的曾经使用情况及经常使用情况。数据来自2015年至2017年期间开展的五项具有不同设计和抽样策略的大规模调查：青少年烟草政策调查；威尔士学校健康研究网络调查；两项无烟英国青少年吸烟与健康行动调查；以及苏格兰学校青少年生活方式与物质使用调查。这些调查累计收集了6万多名年轻人的数据。对于2015/16年度11至16岁青少年的数据：曾经吸烟的比例在11%至20%之间；经常（至少每周一次）吸烟的比例在1%至4%之间；曾经使用电子烟的比例在7%至18%之间；经常（至少每周一次）使用的比例在1%至3%之间；在从不吸烟者中，曾经使用电子烟的比例在4%至10%之间，经常使用的比例在0.1%至0.5%之间；在经常吸烟者中，曾经使用电子烟的比例在67%至92%之间，经常使用的比例在7%至38%之间。无烟英国青少年吸烟与健康行动调查显示，曾经使用电子烟的流行率从2016年的7%上升至2017年的11%，但经常使用的流行率没有变化，仍为1%。总之，英国各地的调查显示出一种一致的模式：大多数电子烟尝试不会转变为经常使用，在从未吸烟的年轻人中，经常使用的水平仍然很低。
