The prospective association between the use of E-cigarettes and other psychoactive substances in young people: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Lucinda Lau; Aldo Alberto Conti; Zeynab Hemmati; Alexander Mario Baldacchino

doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105392

The prospective association between the use of E-cigarettes and other psychoactive substances in young people: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Lucinda Lau, Aldo Alberto Conti^*, Zeynab Hemmati, Alexander Mario Baldacchino^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

Abstract

The use of electronic cigarettes by young people has increased exponentially in the past decade due to various health and social influences. E-cigarettes, particularly those containing nicotine, can cause health complications and addiction, which may result in a subsequent initiation of psychoactive substance use. This systematic review and meta analysis evaluated the prospective association between e-cigarette use and subsequent use of psychoactive substances in young people aged 10-24 years. Pooling of data from the identified longitudinal studies showed that ever e-cigarette users have an increased likelihood for subsequent cannabis, alcohol, and unprescribed Ritalin/Adderall use compared to never e-cigarette users. The findings indicate a need for interventions to reduce e-cigarette use in adolescents and young adults.

Original language	English
Article number	105392
Number of pages	13
Journal	Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews
Volume	153
Early online date	15 Sept 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105392
Publication status	Published - Oct 2023

Keywords

Adolescent
E-cigarette
Psychoactive substance

Access to Document

10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105392Licence: CC BY

Lau-2023-The-prospective-association-153-105392-CCBY
Copyright © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Final published version, 2.08 MBLicence: CC BY

Cite this

@article{5638c8a797994356ba29c114412b79f0,

title = "The prospective association between the use of E-cigarettes and other psychoactive substances in young people: a systematic review and meta-analysis",

abstract = "The use of electronic cigarettes by young people has increased exponentially in the past decade due to various health and social influences. E-cigarettes, particularly those containing nicotine, can cause health complications and addiction, which may result in a subsequent initiation of psychoactive substance use. This systematic review and meta analysis evaluated the prospective association between e-cigarette use and subsequent use of psychoactive substances in young people aged 10-24 years. Pooling of data from the identified longitudinal studies showed that ever e-cigarette users have an increased likelihood for subsequent cannabis, alcohol, and unprescribed Ritalin/Adderall use compared to never e-cigarette users. The findings indicate a need for interventions to reduce e-cigarette use in adolescents and young adults.",

keywords = "Adolescent, E-cigarette, Psychoactive substance",

author = "Lucinda Lau and Conti, {Aldo Alberto} and Zeynab Hemmati and Baldacchino, {Alexander Mario}",

year = "2023",

month = oct,

doi = "10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105392",

language = "English",

volume = "153",

journal = "Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews",

issn = "0149-7634",

publisher = "Elsevier",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - The prospective association between the use of E-cigarettes and other psychoactive substances in young people

T2 - a systematic review and meta-analysis

AU - Lau, Lucinda

AU - Conti, Aldo Alberto

AU - Hemmati, Zeynab

AU - Baldacchino, Alexander Mario

PY - 2023/10

Y1 - 2023/10

N2 - The use of electronic cigarettes by young people has increased exponentially in the past decade due to various health and social influences. E-cigarettes, particularly those containing nicotine, can cause health complications and addiction, which may result in a subsequent initiation of psychoactive substance use. This systematic review and meta analysis evaluated the prospective association between e-cigarette use and subsequent use of psychoactive substances in young people aged 10-24 years. Pooling of data from the identified longitudinal studies showed that ever e-cigarette users have an increased likelihood for subsequent cannabis, alcohol, and unprescribed Ritalin/Adderall use compared to never e-cigarette users. The findings indicate a need for interventions to reduce e-cigarette use in adolescents and young adults.

AB - The use of electronic cigarettes by young people has increased exponentially in the past decade due to various health and social influences. E-cigarettes, particularly those containing nicotine, can cause health complications and addiction, which may result in a subsequent initiation of psychoactive substance use. This systematic review and meta analysis evaluated the prospective association between e-cigarette use and subsequent use of psychoactive substances in young people aged 10-24 years. Pooling of data from the identified longitudinal studies showed that ever e-cigarette users have an increased likelihood for subsequent cannabis, alcohol, and unprescribed Ritalin/Adderall use compared to never e-cigarette users. The findings indicate a need for interventions to reduce e-cigarette use in adolescents and young adults.

KW - Adolescent

KW - E-cigarette

KW - Psychoactive substance

U2 - 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105392

DO - 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105392

M3 - Review article

SN - 0149-7634

VL - 153

JO - Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

JF - Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

M1 - 105392

ER -

The prospective association between the use of E-cigarettes and other psychoactive substances in young people: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Abstract

Keywords

Access to Document

Fingerprint

Cite this