Cigarettes, and Respiratory Illness
Mukerjee R, et al. ENDS, Cigarettes, and Respiratory Illness: Longitudinal Associations Among U.S. Youth. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 66; 5: 789-796. May 2024
“Using youth (aged 12–17 years) data from Waves 1–5 (2013–2019) of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study, multilevel Poisson regression models were estimated to examine the association between ENDS use; cigarettes; and diagnosed bronchitis, pneumonia, or chronic cough.
https://www.ajpmonline.org/article/S0749-3797(23)00503-2/fulltext
In the multivariable model, exclusive cigarette use (incident rate ratio=1.85, 95% CI=1.29, 2.65), exclusive ENDS use (incident rate ratio=1.49, 95% CI=1.06, 2.08), and dual-use (incident rate ratio=2.70, 95% CI=1.61, 3.50) were associated with a higher risk of diagnosed bronchitis, pneumonia, or chronic cough than never/noncurrent use. These results suggest that ENDS and cigarettes, used exclusively or jointly, increased the risk of diagnosed bronchitis, pneumonia, or chronic cough among U.S. youth. However, dual use was associated with the highest risk.”
Stephen Hamann
