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FRIDAY, Oct. 16, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The most notable increase in e-cigarette use from 2014 to 2018 occurred among younger-adult never smokers and near-term quitters (those who quit combustible cigarettes one to eight years before), according to a study published online Oct. 5 in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Priti Bandi, Ph.D., from the American Cancer Society in Atlanta, and colleagues used data from the U.S. National Health Interview Surveys (2014 to 2018) to estimate current e-cigarette prevalence. Results were stratified by age and smoking history.<\/p>\n
The researchers found that among younger adults, e-cigarette use increased in all groups of smokers, with notable increases between 2014 and 2018 among never smokers (1.3 to 3.3 percent; P < 0.001) and near-term quitters (9.1 to 19.2 percent; P = 0.024). Among middle-aged and older people, the only substantial increase in e-cigarette use was among near-term quitters (middle aged: 5.8 to 14.4 percent; P < 0.001; and older: 6.3 to 9.5 percent; P < 0.045). Younger-adult never smokers had the largest absolute population increase in e-cigarette users (0.49 to 1.35 million), followed by near-term quitters among middle-aged (0.36 to 0.95 million), younger (0.23 to 0.57 million), and older (0.35 to 0.50 million) adults.<\/p>\n
“Considering these variations is essential to informing public health action,” the authors write.<\/p>\n
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