It's all the rage! Exploring the nuances in the link between vaping and adolescent delinquency

Introduction:
This text discusses a study examining the relationship between vaping and delinquency among adolescents. The study aims to determine if vaping contributes to delinquency and if certain forms of vaping have a stronger relationship with delinquency than others.

Key Points:

* The study used data from the 2017 cohort of the Monitoring the Future Study, a nationally-representative, ongoing study of substance use and related risk factors.
* The study created a vaping typology to reflect several mutually exclusive vaping categories, including non-vaping, flavor-only vaping, nicotine vaping, and marijuana vaping.
* The study controlled for adolescent use of nicotine or marijuana through traditional means.
* The study found that vaping marijuana was significantly associated with violent, property, and other delinquency.
* The study also found that nicotine vaping was significantly associated with violent delinquency.
* Flavor-only vaping was not significantly associated with any form of delinquency.
* The study controlled for demographic factors, parental education, school attachment, unstructured socializing with peers, risk propensity, and frequency of alcohol use.

Main Message:
The study suggests that vaping marijuana is significantly associated with delinquency among adolescents. Nicotine vaping was also found to be significantly associated with violent delinquency. However, flavor-only vaping was not significantly associated with any form of delinquency. These findings highlight the importance of considering the substance being vaped when examining the relationship between vaping and delinquency. Policymakers and parents should be aware of the potential risks associated with vaping marijuana and nicotine, particularly among adolescents.

Jackson, Dylan B., Cashen M. Boccio, Wanda E. Leal, and Michael G. Vaughn. “It’s All the Rage! Exploring the Nuances in the Link between Vaping and Adolescent Delinquency.” Journal of Criminal Justice 63 (July 2019): 58–69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2019.04.004.