Rapid growth in disposable e-cigarette vaping among young adults in Great Britain from 2021 to 2022: a repeat cross-sectional survey.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To estimate recent trends in the prevalence of disposable e-cigarette vaping in Great Britain, overall and across ages, and to measure these trends in the context of changes in smoking and vaping prevalence.

Design

The Smoking Toolkit Study, a monthly representative cross-sectional survey.

Setting

Great Britain.

Participants

A total of 36 876 adults (≥ 18 years) completed telephone interviews between January 2021 and April 2022.

Measurements

Current e-cigarette vapers were asked which type of device they mainly use. We estimated age-specific monthly time trends in the prevalence of current disposable e-cigarette use among vapers and inhaled nicotine use (vaping/smoking), smoking and vaping among adults.

Findings

From January 2021 to April 202

SUBMITTER: Tattan-Birch H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10086805 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature