Assessing adolescent tobacco use in a substance use treatment program with self-report and biological measures.

Tobacco use in adolescents can alter their lifetime health outcomes. Despite the importance of early identification and treatment, adolescent tobacco use, including that of electronic vapor products (e.g.

E-cigarette Use and Beliefs Among Urban Public High School Students in North Carolina.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence, attitudes, and risk factors associated with electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use among high school students in tobacco growing state.

Methods: A 47-item e-cigarette questionnaire modeled after Monitoring the Future with additional information about demographics, adolescent and family nicotine use, and school and health care interventions was designed, piloted, and administered to public high school students (N = 3,298) in May 2013, in an urban county in North Carolina.

Results: Completers (2,769/3,298) were aged 16.