Table 2 UTB determinants to vaping

Vaping helps you cope (behavioral belief)

It all came to this point where its like “Wow, this is really cool” and “I see this as something to get my mind off stuff.” (Interview, 1011)

I think they choose to vape to calm down maybe and to relieve stress and anxiety because of things going on in the home, bad things. (Interview, 1002)

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Vaping makes you cool (behavioral belief)

It could also be like “oh their doing it, and their cool” so its like uh, peer pressure kind of thing. And they feel pressured like “oh if I don’t do this, then I’m not cool.” And that’s something I’ve noticed a lot through out high school is like the cool factor (Interview, 1003)

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Network approval through vaping (normative belief)

I don’t think anyone really does [approve]. No one like advocates for it or anything…its not like their like, “Yeah, do vape!”. They’re kind of like “Yeah, it’s kinda bad for me, but I do it.” (Interview, 1001)

I would say my friends approve of it because I also know that they do that [vape]. (Interview, 1012)

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Social panic (split-second decision making)

I think with most people it’s just social panic, like, kind of freeze in the moment….you think you’ll be prepared for it when somebody offers you [a vape], but then it really makes you freeze. And you don’t really…think about it to an extent….you just [vape] in the moment. (Sharing Circle)

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Lack of school policy enforcement (environment)

It’s just not enforced….Its just like, like a vague threat that doesn’t really actually [happen]. It’s like “This could happen to you” but it doesn’t. (Interview, 1001)

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Access to vaping (environment)

[It’s easy to vape] if my friends have it and their like, “Hey I got this off of somebody” or something like that. (Interview, 1008)

I think more accessible cause there’s not like a smell really and yea it’s easier to hide. So I feel like it’s the go to substance abuse. (Interview, 1012)

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