Comparison of Smoking and Vaping in Families

The current study seeks to compare health-related outcomes among youth who reside with non-smokers, cigarette smokers, and electronic cigarette users.

Control Group: will consist of participants ages 6 - 17 who live in a home with adults who do not smoke. A brief breathing test will verify a non-smoker and/or are not around a certain amount of smoke in the environment (live with a smoker). The participant will be asked to complete a series of brief questionnaires that asks about basic demographic information, medical history, and that asks about their smoking history. The participant's will also be asked to complete two 5 minute breathing tests, provide a sample of saliva, a urine sample, and have their toe nails clipped.

Vaping Group: will consist of participants ages 6 -17 who live in a home with adults who currently use electronic cigarettes. A brief breathing test will verify a non-tobacco smoker and/or are not around a certain amount of smoke in the environment (live with a tobacco smoker). The participant will be asked to complete a series of brief questionnaires that asks about basic demographic information, smoking or vaping history and patterns of use, and medical history. The participant will be asked to complete two 5 minute breathing tests, provide a sample of saliva, a urine sample, and have their toe nails clipped.

Smoking Group: will consist of participants ages 6 - 17 who live in a home with adults who currently smoke cigarettes. Participants will then be asked to complete a series of brief questionnaires that asks about basic demographic information, smoking or vaping history and patterns of use, and medical history. The participant will also be asked to complete two 5 minute breathing tests, provide a sample of saliva, a urine sample, and have their toe nails clipped.

Inclusion criteria

For the control group the caregiver must self-report:

• never smoking or not smoking for at least the past 12 months;
• that no one living in the home is a current smoker or has smoked in the home for the past 6 months; and
• have a breath carbon monoxide reading of ≤ 6ppm.

For the smoking group caregivers must:

• smoke at least 10 cigarettes per day for the past year;
• indicate that they smoke in the car or home ≥ 3 times per week; and
• do not use non-cigarette tobacco (e.g., cigars, chewing tobacco).

For the vaping group caregivers must:

• exclusively use EC for the past 3 months (no cigarette or other tobacco use); and
• no one living in the home is a current tobacco smoker or has smoked in the home for the past 6 months; and
• have a breath carbon monoxide reading of ≤ 6ppm.