Why Adolescents Choose to Stop or Never Start Vaping: Evidence From South Africa
These findings can inform the development of context-specific prevention and cessation strategies. Our findings indicate that implementing educational campaigns on the consequences of vaping, and restricting access, e.g. through increasing taxes on vaping products, might aid adolescent vaping prevention and cessation efforts.
Authors
- Sebastian Kurten (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7620-4462)
- Richard N. van Zyl-Smit (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4115-5362)
- Samantha Filby (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6371-6522)
- Maria Florence
- Asya van den Bosch
Institutions
- Western Cape Department of Health (ZA)
- University of Cape Town (ZA)
- University of Applied Sciences Utrecht (NL)
- Utrecht University (NL)
- Groote Schuur Hospital (ZA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nicotine & Tobacco Research
- Published
- 2025-12-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntaf266
- Primary Topic
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00