Vaping has been increasing with Monitoring the Future, indicating nicotine vaping (2017–2018) having the largest single-year jump among any substance recorded in its 45-year history. Overall, research on vaping has been substantially limited, primarily in the context of vaping and delinquency. This study’s purpose is to examine how nicotine vaping compares with other common substances used by adolescents like alcohol and cigarettes within the context of delinquency. Using secondary data from Monitoring the Future: A Continuing Study of the Lifestyles and Values of Youth conducted in 2017, with a sample size of 8,467 participants, we find that ever-nicotine “vapers” were associated with less delinquency than ever-cigarette-using youth; however, these “vapers” were associated with more delinquency than ever-alcohol users. We interpret these results in the context of social bonding and social learning theory and policies to create awareness on the potential social implications of vaping.

随着“监测未来”的到来，电子烟的数量不断增加，这表明尼古丁电子烟（2017-2018）在其45年历史中记录的所有物质中，单年跃升幅度最大。总体而言，有关雾化的研究已受到很大限制，主要是在雾化和犯罪的背景下。这项研究的目的是研究在犯罪背景下尼古丁雾化与青少年使用的其他常见物质（如酒精和香烟）相比如何。使用来自监视未来的辅助数据：对青少年的生活方式和价值观的持续研究我们在2017年进行了一次抽样调查，共有8467名参与者，我们发现，与使用香烟的年轻人相比，使用尼古丁的“ ​​vapers”犯罪率要低。但是，这些“ vapers”与酗酒者相比有更多的违法行为。我们在社会联系，社会学习理论和政策的背景下解释这些结果，以提高人们对电子烟潜在社会影响的认识。