Flavored Cannabis Product Use Among Adolescents in California

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• Journal Article:
  Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD)
• Personal Author:
  Werts, Miranda ; Urata, Janelle ; Watkins, Shannon Lea ; Chaffee, Benjamin W.
• Description:
  Given the well-documented role of flavors in encouraging tobacco use among adolescents and diversity of the cannabis market, we describe flavored cannabis product use, both smoked and aerosolized ("vaped"), among a sample of adolescents. We surveyed 1,423 students in 8 Northern and Central California public high schools (2019-2020) to record flavored tobacco and cannabis use. Among past 30-day cannabis users, use of flavored cannabis, most often fruit-flavored, was common for smoked (48.1%) and vaped (58.0%) products. Given that youth-appealing flavors may contribute to underage cannabis use, emerging cannabis control policies should consider lessons from tobacco control to prevent youth cannabis use.
• Subjects:
  • Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems
  • Marijuana Smoking
  • Marketing
  • Vaping
• Source:
  Prev Chronic Dis. 2021; 18
• ISSN:
  1545-1151
• Pubmed ID:
  34081578
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8220961
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  U54 HL147127/HL/NHLBI NIH HHSUnited States/
• Place as Subject:
  California
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  18
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/107759/cdc_107759_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 281.68 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Preventing Chronic Disease
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8343f90547d44eecc8ff45d634462147fdd2e7909c5e4e5edd8b0a0e72de3dab1248bbc02634118b94875c56c628e6bc9d6d2d3e8d79c998b0123d54c787ef89