Perikleous Evanthia P, Steiropoulos Paschalis, Paraskakis Emmanouil, Constantinidis Theodoros C, Nena Evangelia
Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece.
Department of Pneumonology, Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece.
Front Public Health. 2018 Mar 26;6:86. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2018.00086. eCollection 2018.
Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are rapidly emerging into a new trend among adolescents, signaling a new époque, that of vapers. E-cigarettes are battery-powered nicotine delivery devices that heat a typically flavoring liquid solution into an aerosol mist that users inhale, allowing them to imitate the act of conventional smoking. There are concerns about the impact of e-cigarettes at both individual and public health level.
To discuss the characteristics of the most vulnerable, to become e-cigarette users, group of adolescents and to further highlight their behaviors and characteristics.
An electronic search in PubMed, EMBASE, and Google Scholar databases was conducted, using combinations of the following keywords: adolescents, teenagers, e-cigarettes, vaping. The search included all types of articles written in English until August 2017. A total of 100 articles were found, and 25 were finally included in the present review.
Older age, male gender, conventional smokers, peer influence, daily smoking, and heavier smoking are the most common characteristics of adolescent e-cigarette users.
E-cigarette use is common, especially between certain subgroups in the adolescent population. Since e-cigarette use is increasing and considering that the long term health effects are still under investigation, targeted interventions towards more susceptible individuals may be an effective prevention strategy.
电子烟正在青少年中迅速成为一种新趋势，标志着一个新的时代——电子烟使用者的时代。电子烟是一种由电池供电的尼古丁输送装置，它将一种通常带有调味剂的液体溶液加热成气溶胶雾，供使用者吸入，使他们能够模仿传统吸烟的行为。人们对电子烟在个人和公共健康层面的影响表示担忧。
探讨青少年中最易成为电子烟使用者的群体的特征，并进一步突出他们的行为和特点。
在PubMed、EMBASE和谷歌学术数据库中进行电子检索，使用以下关键词的组合：青少年、十几岁青少年、电子烟、吸电子烟。检索包括截至2017年8月以英文撰写的所有类型的文章。共找到100篇文章，最终25篇被纳入本综述。
年龄较大、男性、传统吸烟者、同伴影响、每日吸烟以及吸烟量较大是青少年电子烟使用者最常见的特征。
使用电子烟的情况很普遍，尤其是在青少年群体的某些亚组中。由于电子烟的使用正在增加，并且考虑到其长期健康影响仍在调查中，针对更易受影响个体的有针对性干预可能是一种有效的预防策略。
