目标:近年来,在英国,青少年使用一次性电子烟的人数明显增加,然而对动机知之甚少,年轻人自己的经历和看法。这项研究旨在探索年轻人的经验和一次性vapes的使用。
方法:这是一项定性研究,招募经常使用一次性电子烟的年轻人,通过二元引导收集数据,个人和团体访谈。从理论上讲,数据分析是由社会生态模型提供的。使用了归纳和演绎编码方法,以协商一致的方式解决编码解释。
结果:29名16-20岁的年轻人参加了定性访谈。在个人层面,与会者讨论了一次性蒸汽的特性对他们来说是多么重要-特别是价格,可达性和有吸引力的设计,颜色,名称和口味。年轻人经常从事电子烟和吸烟,将行为视为可互换的,取决于上下文,与吸烟相比,对电子烟的相对危害感知不准确。实验很普遍,许多人使用vapes作为管理压力和焦虑的一种方式。Vaping被定位为一种社会行为,在同龄人中很常见。父母对电子烟行为的影响很小,尽管电子烟的开始可能会受到家庭电子烟规范的影响。文化上,蒸发是一种普遍的常态化行为。年轻人意识到媒体报道和潜在的危害,但较少意识到吸烟相关的危害。
结论:一次性vapes似乎对英国的年轻人很有吸引力。Vaping在这个人群中是正常化的,尽管被认为可能会损害健康,电子烟和吸烟可以互换使用。据报道,电子烟的未成年销售很普遍。严格监管,例如禁止产品或提高价格,可能会促使英国年轻人从吸烟转向吸烟。
OBJECTIVE: Youth use of disposable vapes has increased markedly in the United Kingdom in recent years, yet little is known about the motivations, experiences and perceptions of young people themselves. This
study aimed to explore young people\'s experiences and use of disposable vapes.
METHODS: This was a qualitative
study recruiting young people reporting regularly vaping disposables, collecting data via dyad guided, individual and group interviews. Data analysis was theoretically informed by the Social Ecological Model. Inductive and deductive coding approaches were used, with resolution of coded interpretations by consensus.
RESULTS: Twenty-nine young people aged 16-20 years participated in qualitative interviews. At the individual level, participants discussed how characteristics of disposable vapes were important to them-particularly price, accessibility and the attractive designs, colours, names and flavours. Young people frequently engaged in both vaping and tobacco smoking, seeing the behaviours as interchangeable dependent on context, and having inaccurate relative harm perceptions of vaping compared with smoking. Experimentation was widespread and many used vapes as a way of managing stress and anxiety. Vaping was positioned as a social behaviour, common among peers. Parental influence on vaping behaviour was minimal, although vaping initiation could be influenced by family vaping norms. Culturally, vaping was a widespread normalized behaviour. Young people were aware of media reports and potential harms, but were less aware of smoking related harms as a consequence.
CONCLUSIONS: Disposable vapes appear to be attractive and accessible to young people in the United Kingdom. Vaping is normalized in this population, despite being seen as potentially damaging to health, and vaping and smoking are engaged in interchangeably. Underage sales of vapes are reportedly widespread. Strict regulation, such as banning products or increasing prices, may prompt UK youth to switch from vaping to smoking.