Cigarette‒E-cigarette Transitions and Respiratory Symptom Development.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

E-cigarette use is associated with pulmonary inflammation, functional respiratory changes, and chronic lung disease. Most population-level E-cigarette research has utilized point-in-time measures of E-cigarette exposures, which may not generalize to adults who transition between cigarettes and E-cigarettes.

Methods

Data obtained from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health study were collected from 2013 to 2019 and analyzed in 2022. Three observations were created per respondent, with exposure intervals assessed over Waves 1-2, 2-3, and 3-4. Each wave of the exposure interval was classified as nonuse, exclusive E-cigarette use, exclusive smoking, or dual use, producing 16 possible cigarette‒E-cigarette transitions. The association between transitions and

SUBMITTER: Berlowitz JB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10033326 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature