Shift From Smoking Cigarettes to Vaping Nicotine in US Young Adults
Sanford BT, et al. Shift From Smoking Cigarettes to Vaping Nicotine in US Young Adults. JAMA Intern Med. 2024;184(1):106–108. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.5239
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2811339
“This study analyzed data from the US Food and Drug Administration Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study, a nationally representative, longitudinal survey conducted from September 12, 2013, to November 30, 2021,”
Results “reveal a shift in tobacco use among young adults, showing historically low cigarette use, which has positive public health significance. However, e-cigarette use is higher (14.5%) than reported previously (11%), coinciding with the introduction of salt-based devices from 2015 to 2018. Over half of established vaping young adults never regularly smoked. Research suggests that exclusive e-cigarette users are unlikely to transition to combustible tobacco.
Treatments are lacking for e-cigarette users wishing to quit. Research should aim to further reduce the prevalence of smoking and create treatments for e-cigarette users wanting to quit nicotine altogether.”
Stephen Hamann
