Grimo Christina, Magier Megan, Leatherdale Scott T, Patte Karen A
Department of Health Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.
School of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Drug Alcohol Depend Rep. 2025 Apr 17;15:100335. doi: 10.1016/j.dadr.2025.100335. eCollection 2025 Jun.
Racialized youth face a higher risk of bullying victimization due to discriminatory bias which can lead to adverse health conditions and increased substance use. This study aimed to examine whether bullying victimization is associated with nicotine vaping, and whether race-based bullying was associated with greater odds of nicotine vaping than other forms of bullying.
Cross-sectional survey data were used from the COMPASS study collected during the 2022-2023 school year from 14,480 students attending secondary schools in Ontario, Canada. Associations between any bullying victimization (in the last 30 days) and nicotine vaping (≥2 times in the last 30 days), and then among bullied students, between race-based bullying and vaping, were explored using random intercept logistic regression models.
One third (33.4 %) of students who reported race-based bullying engaged in vaping, in comparison to 29.4 % of students who were bullied for other reasons and 15.6 % of nonbullied students. Students who experienced bullying had higher odds (AOR 2.25, 95 % CI [2.03-2.50]) of vaping relative to nonbullied students. Among students who experienced bullying, there was no statistical difference in the odds of vaping between those who reported being bullied due to racial or cultural reasons and their peers who reported being bullied for reasons other than their race or culture (1.16, 95 % CI [0.81-1.67]).
Results suggest that while bullying is strongly associated with vaping among adolescents, being bullied for reasons such as race, culture, or ethnicity does not significantly alter the likelihood of vaping behaviour relative to other forms of bullying.
由于歧视性偏见，被种族化的青少年面临更高的受欺凌风险，这可能导致不良健康状况和物质使用增加。本研究旨在探讨受欺凌是否与吸电子烟有关，以及基于种族的欺凌是否比其他形式的欺凌更有可能导致吸电子烟。
使用了COMPASS研究的横断面调查数据，该数据于2022 - 2023学年从加拿大安大略省14480名中学生中收集。使用随机截距逻辑回归模型探讨了任何欺凌受害情况（在过去30天内）与吸电子烟（在过去30天内≥2次）之间的关联，然后在受欺凌学生中探讨了基于种族的欺凌与吸电子烟之间的关联。
报告遭受基于种族欺凌的学生中有三分之一（33.4%）吸电子烟，相比之下，因其他原因受欺凌的学生中有29.4%，未受欺凌的学生中有15.6%。与未受欺凌的学生相比，经历过欺凌的学生吸电子烟的几率更高（优势比2.25，95%置信区间[2.03 - 2.50]）。在经历过欺凌的学生中，因种族或文化原因被欺凌的学生与因种族或文化以外原因被欺凌的同龄人相比，吸电子烟的几率没有统计学差异（1.16，95%置信区间[0.81 - 1.67]）。
结果表明，虽然欺凌与青少年吸电子烟密切相关，但因种族、文化或民族等原因被欺凌相对于其他形式的欺凌而言，并不会显著改变吸电子烟行为的可能性。
