Association of E-Cigarette Use With Respiratory Disease Among Adults: A Longitudinal Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

E-cigarettes deliver an aerosol of nicotine by heating a liquid and are promoted as an alternative to combustible tobacco. This study determines the longitudinal associations between e-cigarette use and respiratory disease controlling for combustible tobacco use.

Methods

This was a longitudinal analysis of the adult Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Waves 1, 2, and 3. Multivariable logistic regression was performed to determine the associations between e-cigarette use and respiratory disease, controlling for combustible tobacco smoking, demographic, and clinical variables. Data were collected in 2013-2016 and analyzed in 2018-2019.

Results

Among people who did not report respiratory disease (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic bronchi

SUBMITTER: Bhatta DN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6981012 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature