Electronic cigarettes and subsequent cigarette smoking in young people: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To assess the evidence for a relationship between the use of e-cigarettes and subsequent smoking in young people (≤29 years), and whether this differs by demographic characteristics.

Methods

Systematic review with association direction plots (searches to April 2023). Screening, data extraction and critical appraisal followed Cochrane methods. Our primary outcome was the association between e-cigarette use, availability or both, and change in population rate of smoking in young people. The secondary outcomes were initiation, progression and cessation of smoking at individual level. We assessed certainty using Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluations (GRADE).

Results

We included 126 studies. For our primary outcome, there was very low cer

SUBMITTER: Begh R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12046492 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature