Trends in Awareness and Use of Electronic Cigarettes Among US Adults, 2010–2013

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• Alternative Title:
  Nicotine Tob Res
• Personal Author:
  King, Brian A. ; Patel, Roshni ; Nguyen, Kimberly H. ; Dube, Shanta R.
• Description:
  Introduction
  
  Electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) marketing has increased considerably since the product entered the US market in 2007, thereby warranting additional surveillance to monitor recent trends in population-level awareness and utilization. We assessed the prevalence, characteristics, and trends in e-cigarette awareness and use among nationally representative samples of US adults during 2010–2013.
  
  Methods
  
  Data came from the 2010–2013 HealthStyles survey, an annual consumer-based web survey of US adults aged ≥18 years. Sample sizes ranged from 2,505 (2010) to 4,170 (2012). Descriptive statistics were used to assess e-cigarette awareness, ever use, and current use (use within the past 30 days) overall and by sex, age, race/ethnicity, education, income, US region, and cigarette smoking status. Trends were assessed using logistic regression.
  
  Results
  
  During 2010–2013, increases (p < .05) were observed for e-cigarette awareness (40.9%–79.7%), ever use (3.3%–8.5%), and current use (1.0%–2.6%). Awareness increased among all sociodemographic subpopulations during 2010–2013 (p < .05); an increase in ever use of e-cigarettes occurred among all sociodemographic groups except those aged 18–24 years, Hispanics, and those living in the Midwest (p < .05). During 2010–2013, ever use increased among current (9.8%–36.5%) and former (2.5%–9.6%) cigarette smokers (p < .05), but it remained unchanged among never smokers (1.3%–1.2%).
  
  Conclusions
  
  Awareness and use of e-cigarettes increased considerably among US adults during 2010–2013. In 2013, more than one-third of current cigarette smokers reported having ever used e-cigarettes. Given the uncertain public health impact of e-cigarettes, continued surveillance of emerging use patterns is critical for public health planning.
  
  
• Keywords:
  Adolescent Adult Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems Ethnicity Female Humans Male Middle Aged Nicotine Smoking Smoking Cessation Socioeconomic Factors United States

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• Source:
  Nicotine Tob Res. 17(2):219-227
• Pubmed ID:
  25239961
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4512831
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  17
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:60f9e1ee14750314862ecd5f7c9e8d0a75bf05b286e0a6cc6c2b45595bdadd7d
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