Electronic Cigarette Use in 12 European Countries: Results From the TackSHS Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Limited data on electronic cigarette prevalence, patterns, and settings of use are available from several European countries.

Methods

Within the TackSHS project, a face-to-face survey was conducted in 2017-2018 in 12 European countries (Bulgaria, England, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Poland, Portugal, Romania and Spain). Overall, 11,876 participants, representative of the population aged ⩾15 years in each country, provided information on electronic cigarette.

Results

2.4% (95% confidence interval [CI], 2.2-2.7%) of the subjects (2.5% among men and 2.4% among women; 0.4% among never, 4.4% among current- and 6.5% among ex-smokers) reported current use of electronic cigarette, ranging from 0.6% in Spain to 7.2% in England. Of the 272 electr

SUBMITTER: Gallus S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10165220 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature