A summary of recent findings from the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education (UCSF) states
A summary of recent findings from the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education (UCSF) states: “Three more epidemiological studies (titles and findings below) demonstrating increased risk of lung disease in e-cigarette users were presented at the Society for Nicotine and Tobacco Research meeting from Feb 20-23, 2019. While they use different end points (respiratory disease generally, asthma, or COPD),
they all show elevated risks associated with e-cigarette use, either by using people who are only using e-cigs or accounting for smoking in the statistical analysis.”
ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE USE IS ASSOCIATED WITH RESPIRATORY DISEASE AMONG ADULTS IN THE UNITED STATES POPULATION ASSESSMENT OF TOBACCO AND HEALTH: A LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS
“Among people who did not report respiratory disease at Wave 1, the longitudinal analysis reveals statistically significant associations between former e-cigarette use (adjusted odds ratio, 1.24, 95% CI: 1.03, 1.51) and current e-cigarette use (1.23, 95% CI: 1.00, 1.52) at Wave 1 and having incident respiratory disease at Waves 2 or 3, controlling for cigarette smoking, demographic, and clinical variables.”
ASSOCIATION OF ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES USE WITH WHEEZING AND OTHER RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS IN ADULTS: RESULTS FROM THE POPULATION ASSESSMENT OF TOBACCO AND HEALTH (PATH) STUDY, WAVE 2
“Compared to non-users, exclusive vapers have significantly elevated risks of wheezing or whistling in chest at any time in the past (adjusted odds ratio (aOR), 1.64; 95% CI, 1.30-2.07) or in past 12 months (aOR, 1.61; 95% CI, 1.29-2.00), more than 12 wheezing attacks in past 12 months (aOR, 1.60; 95% CI, 1.24-2.07), sleep disturbed at one or more nights per week due to wheezing (aOR, 1.64; 95% CI, 1.26-2.13), speech limitations to one or two words between breath due to wheezing in past 12 months (aOR, 1.67; 95% CI, 1.28-2.18), dry cough at night not associated with a cold or chest infection (aOR, 1.46; 95% CI, 1.11-1.92), after adjusting age, sex, race, ethnicity, education, income, BMI, duration of vaping, and second-hand smoke exposure.”
ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE USE AND CHRONIC RESPIRATORY DISORDER IN ADULTS FROM HAWAII AND CALIFORNIA
“In Hawaii, statistically significant associations of e-cigarette use with asthma (AOR = 1.33, CI 1.03 – 1.77, p < .05) and COPD (AOR = 1.44, CI 1.08 – 1.92, p < .05) were found, occurring primarily among non-cigarette smokers. Results from California data were similar; a statistically significant association of e-cigarette use was found with asthma (AOR = 2.03, CI 1.48 – 2.79, p < .05) and COPD (AOR = 1.98, CI .99 – 3.97, p < .05) among non-cigarette smokers.”
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