TY - JOUR
T1 - Electronic cigarette use among US adults in the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study, 2013–2014
AU - Coleman, Blair N.
AU - Rostron, Brian
AU - Johnson, Sarah E.
AU - Ambrose, Bridget K.
AU - Pearson, Jennifer
AU - Stanton, Cassandra A.
AU - Wang, Baoguang
AU - Delnevo, Cristine
AU - Bansal-Travers, Maansi
AU - Kimmel, Heather L.
AU - Goniewicz, Maciej L.
AU - Niaura, Raymond
AU - Abrams, David
AU - Conway, Kevin P.
AU - Borek, Nicolette
AU - Compton, Wilson M.
AU - Hyland, Andrew
N1 - Funding Information:
1Center for Tobacco Products, US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA 2Schroeder Institute for Tobacco Research and Policy Studies, Truth Initiative, Washington, District of Columbia, USA 3Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA 4Westat Inc, Rockville, Maryland, USA 5Department of Oncology, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA 6Center for Tobacco Studies, School of Public Health, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA 7Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, USA 8National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Funding This manuscript is supported with Federal funds from the National Institute on Drug Abuse; National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration, Departmentof Health and Human Services, under a contract to Westat (Contract No HHSN271201100027C).
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competing interests MLG received research grant from Pfizer and served as a
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PY - 2017/6/30
Y1 - 2017/6/30
N2 - background Electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use in the USA is increasing. As such, it is critical to understand who uses e-cigarettes, how e-cigarettes are used and what types of products are prevalent. This study assesses patterns of current e-cigarette use among daily and non-daily adult users in the 2013–2014 Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study. Methods We examined the proportion of current adult e-cigarette users (n=3642) reporting infrequent use (use on ‘some days’ and use on 0–2 of the past 30 days), moderate use (use on ‘some days’ and use on >2 of the past 30 days) and daily use. We examined demographic characteristics, use of other tobacco products and e-cigarette product characteristics overall and by use category. Adjusted prevalence ratios (aPRs) were calculated using Poisson regression to assess correlates of daily e-cigarette use. results Among the 5.5% of adult current e-cigarette users in the PATH Study, 42.2% reported infrequent use, 36.5% reported moderate use and 21.3% reported daily use. Cigarette smokers who quit in the past year were more likely to report daily e-cigarette use, compared with current smokers (aPR=3.21, 95% CI=2.75 to 3.76). Those who reported using rechargeable or refillable devices were more likely to report daily use compared with those who did not use these devices (aPR=1.95, 95% CI=1.44 to 2.65 and aPR=2.10, 95% CI=1.75 to 2.52, respectively). conclusions The majority of e-cigarette users in this study reported less than daily use. Compared with non-daily use, daily use was associated with being a former smoker; however, cross-sectional data limits our ability to establish the temporality or directionality of such associations.
AB - background Electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use in the USA is increasing. As such, it is critical to understand who uses e-cigarettes, how e-cigarettes are used and what types of products are prevalent. This study assesses patterns of current e-cigarette use among daily and non-daily adult users in the 2013–2014 Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study. Methods We examined the proportion of current adult e-cigarette users (n=3642) reporting infrequent use (use on ‘some days’ and use on 0–2 of the past 30 days), moderate use (use on ‘some days’ and use on >2 of the past 30 days) and daily use. We examined demographic characteristics, use of other tobacco products and e-cigarette product characteristics overall and by use category. Adjusted prevalence ratios (aPRs) were calculated using Poisson regression to assess correlates of daily e-cigarette use. results Among the 5.5% of adult current e-cigarette users in the PATH Study, 42.2% reported infrequent use, 36.5% reported moderate use and 21.3% reported daily use. Cigarette smokers who quit in the past year were more likely to report daily e-cigarette use, compared with current smokers (aPR=3.21, 95% CI=2.75 to 3.76). Those who reported using rechargeable or refillable devices were more likely to report daily use compared with those who did not use these devices (aPR=1.95, 95% CI=1.44 to 2.65 and aPR=2.10, 95% CI=1.75 to 2.52, respectively). conclusions The majority of e-cigarette users in this study reported less than daily use. Compared with non-daily use, daily use was associated with being a former smoker; however, cross-sectional data limits our ability to establish the temporality or directionality of such associations.
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U2 - 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2016-053462
DO - 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2016-053462
M3 - Article
C2 - 28624763
AN - SCOPUS:85026682547
SN - 0964-4563
VL - 26
JO - Tobacco control
JF - Tobacco control
IS - e2
M1 - 053462
ER -