Factors Related to Conventional and Vape Tobacco Use in Adolescents: Systematic Review

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Sarai Oyosa Rojas
Monserrat Morales-Alducin
Natalia Ramírez-Girón

Abstract

Introduction: tobacco consumption has been increasing and causing more than eight million people death per year worldwide. Vapers are a consumption alternative that commercializes, mostly, in adolescent population, and shows to be on the rise. This justifies the analysis of the factors related to the consumption of these kind of products in a stage of life as vulnerable as adolescence is. From different studies, those predisposing agents for the consumption of these substances, have been identified.

Objective: investigate the scientific literature and collect data about the risk factors related to tobacco and vaping consumption in adolescents.

Method: systematic review based on scientific articles and studies in databases such as Pubmed and EBSCO, published in a range of years from 2019 to 2024.

Results: ten articles were collected, developed in different countries around the world, which reported various factors that are related to the consumption of tobacco and vaping devices. Different sociodemographic risk factors are identified, among others, such as curiosity and flavors. Furthermore, having friends who use tobacco and vaped is one of the main risk factors for the consumption of these substances.

Discussion and conclusions: there are three main risk factors that influence tobacco and vaping consumption in adolescents: peer influence, sex, and race/ethnicity, which can help create and implement new health-promoting policies aimed at the population teen.

Keywords:
tobacco use ,   vaping ,   adolescents ,   risk factors
Published: Jun 27, 2025

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Oyosa Rojas, S., Morales-Alducin, M., & Ramírez-Girón, N. (2025). Factors Related to Conventional and Vape Tobacco Use in Adolescents: Systematic Review. Revista Internacional De Investigación En Adicciones, 11(1), 79–88. https://doi.org/10.28931/riiad.2025.360
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