Flavored Cannabis Product Use Among Adolescents in California

Prev Chronic Dis. 2021 Jun 3:18:E54. doi: 10.5888/pcd18.210026.

Abstract

Given the well-documented role of flavors in encouraging tobacco use among adolescents and diversity of the cannabis market, we describe flavored cannabis product use, both smoked and aerosolized ("vaped"), among a sample of adolescents. We surveyed 1,423 students in 8 Northern and Central California public high schools (2019-2020) to record flavored tobacco and cannabis use. Among past 30-day cannabis users, use of flavored cannabis, most often fruit-flavored, was common for smoked (48.1%) and vaped (58.0%) products. Given that youth-appealing flavors may contribute to underage cannabis use, emerging cannabis control policies should consider lessons from tobacco control to prevent youth cannabis use.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • California / epidemiology
  • Cannabis*
  • Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems*
  • Flavoring Agents
  • Humans
  • Tobacco Products*

Substances

  • Flavoring Agents