associations between eating disorder symptoms and smoking and vaping use and motives in college students.

Introduction:
This text provides an analysis of the associations between eating disorder symptoms and smoking and vaping use and motives in college students. The study examines the mean differences in eating disorder symptoms between cigarette and e-cigarette users versus never users, and investigates correlations between eating disorder symptoms and smoking and vaping motives. The study also evaluates whether biological sex influences the results.

Key Points:

* The study included 716 college students, with 61% female, and assessed their eating disorder symptoms, smoking and vaping use and motives.
* The study found that 30.4% of students reported lifetime smoking, 10.5% reported past-month smoking, 23% reported lifetime vaping, and 9.5% reported past-month vaping.
* The study found minimal comorbidity between eating disorder symptoms and smoking and vaping in a non-clinical sample.
* The study found few associations between eating disorder symptoms and nicotine use motives.
* The study found that students reporting lifetime smoking endorsed higher mean scores of negative attitudes toward obesity and muscle building than those who reported never smoking.
* The study found that students who reported lifetime vaping endorsed higher muscle building mean scores than those who reported never vaping.
* The study found a significant positive association between body dissatisfaction and coping motives for lifetime smoking.
* The study found a significant positive association between purging and coping motives for smoking.

Main Message:
The study suggests that the comorbidity between eating disorder symptoms and smoking and vaping in a non-clinical sample is minimal. however, the study found some associations between specific eating disorder symptoms, such as negative attitudes toward obesity and muscle building, and smoking and vaping use. additionally, the study found that coping motives for smoking were positively associated with body dissatisfaction and purging. Further research is needed to clarify these associations and to inform prevention and treatment approaches for individuals experiencing comorbid eating disorders and nicotine use.

hennigan KM, Olson KR, Baker Jh, Munn-Chernoff Ma. associations between eating disorder symptoms and smoking and vaping use and motives in college students. Eating behaviors. 2022;46:101652. doi:10.1016/j.eatbeh.2022.101652