Changes in Electronic Cigarette Use Among Adults in the United States, 2014-2016

Electronic cigarette are widely marketed as a tool for smoking cessation and a safer alternative to conventional cigarettes. The efficacy of e-cigarettes for succesful smoking cessation is inconclusive. Studies have reported a rapid increase in the prevalence of e-cigarette use among US adults since...

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Published in:JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association 2018-05, Vol.319 (19), p.2039-2041
Main Authors: Bao, Wei, Xu, Guifeng, Lu, Jiachun, Snetselaar, Linda G, Wallace, Robert B
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Adults
Cigarettes
Data analysis
Data processing
Drug addiction
Electronic cigarettes
Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems - statistics & numerical data
Female
Health education
Humans
Letter
Letters
Male
Polls & surveys
Probability
Research Letter
Smokers - statistics & numerical data
Smoking
Smoking cessation
United States
Vaping
Vaping - statistics & numerical data
Vaping - trends
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Summary:Electronic cigarette are widely marketed as a tool for smoking cessation and a safer alternative to conventional cigarettes. The efficacy of e-cigarettes for succesful smoking cessation is inconclusive. Studies have reported a rapid increase in the prevalence of e-cigarette use among US adults since 2010. Data analysis has been the presented base on the data of National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) to estimate the changes in e-cigarette use among US adults in 2014-2016.
ISSN:0098-7484
1538-3598
DOI:10.1001/jama.2018.4658