Changes in E-Cigarette Use Among U.S. Adults, 2019–2021
Bandi P, Star J, Minihan AK, et al. Changes in E-Cigarette Use Among U.S. Adults, 2019–2021. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 18 April 2023; Article in Press.
“E-cigarette use prevalence increased among younger adults between 2019 and 2021 (8.8%−10.2%, adjusted prevalence difference=1.7% points, 95% CI=0.1, 3.3), primarily owing to an increase among those who never smoked cigarettes (4.9%−6.4%, adjusted prevalence difference=1.7% points, 95% CI=0.3, 3.1). People who never smoked cigarettes constituted 53% (2.68 million) of younger adults who used E-cigarettes in 2021, increasing by 0.71 million from 2019… Conclusions: Efforts must address the rise in E-cigarette use among younger adults who never smoked cigarettes. At the same time, assistance is needed to help those who switched to E-cigarettes to stop smoking to transition to non-use of all products.”
https://www.ajpmonline.org/action/showPdf?pii=S0749-3797%2823%2900122-8
Stephen Hamann
