13.4 UNIQUE ISSUES WITH E-CIGARETTES, SMOKELESS TOBACCO, AND HOOKAH

Objectives: The increasing prevalence of alternative tobacco product use attests to the need for education among adolescents, parents, educators, and healthcare providers. The objective of this presentation is to help the CAP understand the growing use of other tobacco product use among children as a route of nicotine exposure and dependence. Methods: This presentation focuses on up-to-date literature regarding tobacco products (e-cigarettes, hookah, and smokeless tobacco) and the awareness, rates of use, beliefs, public health concerns, and associated harms among adolescent users. Parent and adolescent-friendly summaries will be available. Results: CAP attendees of this symposium will develop an enhanced understanding of various tobacco products and the reasons behind their use. The CAP will be guided in straightforward, knowledgeable discussions regarding alternative tobacco product use. Conclusions: The CAP will appreciate the moderating factors behind the rising usage patterns of alternative tobacco products, enabling the CAP to ask relevant questions, identify users or adolescents at risk of use, educate users and their parents, and disseminate evidence-based information regarding associated harms. Furthermore, given that a subset of adolescents uses alternate tobacco products because of low risk perception, discussions by the CAP aid in altering adolescent perceptions that will enhance tobacco userelated preventative and cessation efforts.