More Evidence Electronic Cigarettes are a Gateway to use of Combustible Cigarettes
More Evidence Electronic Cigarettes are a Gateway to use of Combustible Cigarettes
- Three recent studies highlight evidence that e-cigarette use is a gateway to combustible tobacco use. The studies are:
“Adolescent electronic cigarette use and tobacco smoking in the Millennium Cohort Study”: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/add.15645 - “Exploring the gateway hypothesis of e-cigarettes and tobacco: a prospective replication study among adolescents in the Netherlands and Flanders”: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34226262/
- “A longitudinal analysis of e-cigarette use and cigar, little cigar or cigarillo initiation among youth and youth adults: 2017-2019”: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34218009/
A blog commentary by Professor Stanton Glantz notes: “These studies benefit from the fact that the data were collected relatively recently. This is important because e-cigarette technology is rapidly evolving with the newer e-cigarettes using protonated nicotine that was pioneered by Juul, which is easier to inhale.” See his extensive commentary, including abstracts of all three new studies at: https://profglantz.com/2021/08/19/new-studies-for-uk-netherlands-and-flanders-and-us-confirm-gateway-effects-of-e-cigs-to-combusted-tobacco-products/
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Stephen Hamann
