The Emerging Cloud: a survey of vapers, their health and utilization of healthcare within the UK.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Recent work in the UK estimated the prevalence of current cannabinoid-based vaping to be higher than in the USA, a factor previously associated with e-cigarette or vaping-associated lung injury (EVALI). Research in the USA has demonstrated that attendances to emergency departments relating to e-cigarettes began to rise before the EVALI outbreak, suggesting that vapers also experience milder forms of vaping-related illness.

Aim

Quantify symptom prevalence and healthcare utilization amongst current UK vapers.

Design

Voluntary online survey of individuals aged 16 and over within the UK.

Methods

Anonymized data were collected on demographics, vaping/smoking status and vaping substances used. Current vapers were asked about the presence of 10 prevalent sy

SUBMITTER: Sund LJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10753409 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature