Prevalence of Flavored e-Cigarette Use Among Subpopulations of Adults in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evidence of US adult flavored e-cigarette use prevalence stratified by age, smoking status, and purpose for vaping (ie, quitting smoking, to use when or where smoking is not allowed) can inform policies that reduce the tobacco-related cancer burden.

Methods

Current flavored e-cigarette use (use 1 or more nontobacco flavors) prevalence estimates were compared across subpopulation groups using 2-sided statistical significance tests in the July 2018 Current Population Survey Tobacco Use Supplement, a nationally representative cross-sectional adult survey (n = 46 759).

Results

Current flavored e-cigarette use was reported by 1.6% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.47% to 1.69%) of all respondents. Among current vapers, the percentage of those who used flavored e

SUBMITTER: Leventhal AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8023840 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature