Adolescents have unfavorable opinions of adolescents who use e-cigarettes.
Karma McKelveyLucy PopovaJessica K PepperNoel T BrewerBonnie Halpern-FelsherPublished in: PloS one (2018)
Adolescents generally had somewhat negative opinions of other adolescents who use e-cigarettes. Building on adolescents' negativity toward adolescent e-cigarette users may be a productive direction for prevention efforts, and clinicians can play an important role by keeping apprised of the products their adolescent patients are using and providing information on health effects to support negative opinions or dissuade formation of more positive ones.