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Alternative Title:
Addict Behav
Personal Author:
Trivers, Katrina F. ; Watson, Christina V. ; Neff, Linda J. ; Jones, Christopher M. ; Hacker, Karen
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Introduction

During the E-cigarette, or Vaping, Product Use-Associated Lung Injury (EVALI) outbreak, patient data on tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)-containing e-cigarette, or vaping, product (EVP) use was collected, but data on non-affected adult product use after the onset of the EVALI outbreak is limited. This study describes adult THC-EVP use after EVALI began.

Methods

THC-EVP use data came from an 18-state web-based panel survey of adult THC- and nicotine-containing EVP users conducted February 2020. Unweighted descriptive statistics were calculated; logistic regression assessed correlates of use.

Results:

Among 3,980 THC-EVP users, 23.5% used THC-EVPs daily. Common brands of THC-EVPs used were Dank Vapes (47.7%) and Golden Gorilla (38.7%). Reported substances used included THC oils (69.6%), marijuana herb (63.6%) and THC concentrate (46.4%). Access sources included: recreational dispensaries (41.1%), friend/family member (38.6%) and illicit dealers (15.1%). Respondents aged 45–64 years had lower odds for daily use compared with those aged 25–34 years (aOR = 0.73; 95% CI = 0.60, 0.90). Compared with White respondents, Asian respondents had lower odds (aOR = 0.55; 95% CI = 0.36, 0.84) and Black respondents higher odds (aOR = 1.48; 95% CI = 1.17, 1.86) of daily use. Respondents odds of daily use and accessing THC-EVPs through commercial sources were higher among states with legalized nonmedical adult marijuana use compared to states without.

Conclusions

Almost half of respondents reported daily or weekly THC-EVP use, and accessed products through both informal and formal sources, even after EVALI began. Given the potential for future EVALI-like conditions to occur, it is important to monitor the use of THC-EVPs and ensure effective education activities about associated risk.


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Adult Article Disease Outbreaks Dronabinol E-cigarettes Electronic Cigarettes Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems EVALI Humans Lung Injury Marijuana Vaping
Source:
Addict Behav. 121:106990
Pubmed ID:
34087764
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC8764700
Document Type:
Journal Article
Funding:
CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
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CDC Public Access
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urn:sha256:6599bb3debd504022d705df625988365eb32cd89d794c99d0ecb77f0f710f2da
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https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/113488/cdc_113488_DS1.pdf
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