Quantifying population-level health benefits and harms of e-cigarette use in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) may help cigarette smokers quit smoking, yet they may also facilitate cigarette smoking for never-smokers. We quantify the balance of health benefits and harms associated with e-cigarette use at the population level.

Methods and findings

Monte Carlo stochastic simulation model. Model parameters were drawn from census counts, national health and tobacco use surveys, and published literature. We calculate the expected years of life gained or lost from the impact of e-cigarette use on smoking cessation among current smokers and transition to long-term cigarette smoking among never smokers for the 2014 US population cohort.

Results

The model estimated that 2,070 additional current cigarette smoking adults aged 25-69 (95% CI:

SUBMITTER: Soneji SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5851558 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature