Electronic cigarette Use among adults: United States, 2014

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• Personal Author:
  Schoenborn, Charlotte A. ; Gindi, Renee M.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.). Division ofVital Statistics. Reproductive Statistics Branch.
• Description:
  Key findings
  
  Data from the National Health Interview Survey
  
  ● In 2014, 12.6% of adults had ever tried an e-cigarette even one time, with use differing by sex, age, and race and Hispanic or Latino origin.
  
  ● About 3.7% of adults currently used e-cigarettes, with use differing by age and race and Hispanic or Latino origin.
  
  ● Current cigarette smokers and former smokers who quit smoking within the past year were more likely to
  
  use e-cigarettes than former smokers who quit smoking more than 1 year ago and those who had never smoked.
  
  ● Among current cigarette smokers who had tried to quit smoking in the past year, more than one-half had ever tried
  
  an e-cigarette and 20.3% were current e-cigarette users.
  
  ● Among adults who had never smoked cigarettes, 3.2% had ever tried an e-cigarette. Ever having used an e-cigarette was highest among never smokers aged 18–24 (9.7%) and declined with age.
  
  The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) first began collecting data about e-cigarette use in 2014. The estimates presented in this report provide a foundation for understanding who is using e-cigarettes and for monitoring changes in e-cigarette use among U.S. adults over time. In 2014, men were more likely than women to have ever tried e-cigarettes but were not more likely to be current users. Younger adults were more likely than older adults to have tried e-cigarettes and to currently use e-cigarettes. Both non-Hispanic AIAN and non-Hispanic white adults were more likely than non-Hispanic black, non-Hispanic Asian, and Hispanic adults to have ever tried e-cigarettes and to be current e-cigarette users. When examined in the context of conventional cigarette smoking, use of e-cigarettes was highest among current and recent former cigarette smokers, and among current smokers who had made a quit attempt in the past year. Although fewer than 4% of adults who had never smoked conventional cigarettes had ever tried an e-cigarette, nearly 1 in 10 never-smokers aged 18–24 had tried an e-cigarette at least once.
  
  Suggested citation: Schoenborn CA, Gindi RM. Electronic cigarette use among adults: United States, 2014. NCHS data brief, no. 217. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2015.
  
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• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aged Age Distribution Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems Middle Aged Prevalence Racial Groups Sex Distribution Smoking/Epidemiology Smoking Cessation Young Adult

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• Series:
  NCHS Data Briefs
• Document Type:
  Journal Issue
• Genre:
  Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  7 Pages
• Issue:
  217
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
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