Medical Director, Substance Use & Prevention Program (SUPP), The Potocsnak Family Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco (UCSF).
Curr Probl Pediatr Adolesc Health Care. 2022 Jun;52(6):101201. doi: 10.1016/j.cppeds.2022.101201. Epub 2022 May 4.
The tobacco industry has a long history of promoting health disparities especially through targeted marketing campaigns. The disparities perpetuated by e-cigarettes are just becoming apparent. This article will focus on disparities in e-cigarette usage within the following categories of youth: racial or ethnic groups, sexual and gender minoritized individuals, adolescents with asthma, teens with disabilities, and those coping with mental health stresses. Millions of youth are still using e-cigarettes, and e-cigarette use is disproportionately impacting White youth, youth who identify at lesbian, gay and transgender, and youth with disabilities. In addition, this article highlights the timeline of key tobacco regulations and recommended actions to curb the e-cigarette epidemic.
烟草行业长期以来一直通过有针对性的营销活动来促进健康差距，特别是电子烟的出现，使这种差距更加明显。本文将重点关注以下几类青年群体中电子烟使用的差异：种族或族裔群体、性少数群体和性别少数群体、患有哮喘的青少年、残疾青少年以及心理健康压力大的青少年。目前仍有数百万人在使用电子烟，而电子烟的使用对白人青少年、同性恋、双性恋和变性青少年以及残疾青少年的影响不成比例。此外，本文还重点介绍了烟草监管的关键时间线和建议采取的行动，以遏制电子烟的流行。
