title: Electronic Cigarette Use Among College Students: Links to Gender, Race/Ethnicity, Smoking, and Heavy Drinking.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use continues to rise, and current data regarding use of e-cigarettes among college students are needed. The purpose of this study was to examine e-cigarette use and the relation of such use with gender, race/ethnicity, traditional tobacco use, and heavy drinking.
  
  
  METHODS
  A sample of 599 college students enrolled in General Psychology at a state university completed a self-report questionnaire.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Twenty-nine percent of students reported prior use of e-cigarettes, with 14% reporting use in the past 30 days. E-cigarette use was linked to male gender but not to race/ethnicity. Dual use (ie, concurrent use of both traditional and e-cigarettes) was related to heavier use of traditional and e-cigarettes, and nicotine use was linked to pronounced rates of heavy drinking.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  E-cigarette use among college students is exponentially on the rise, and its co-use with alcohol may contribute to negative outcomes in this population.
authors.forename: Andrew K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Littlefield
authors.forename: Joshua C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Gottlieb
authors.forename: Lee M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: David R M
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Trotter
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D066300:Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D044469:Racial Groups / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D057566:Self Report; D012737:Sex Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: college students; e-cigarette; electronic cigarette; heavy drinking; smoking; tobacco use