Electronic Cigarette Use

The likelihood for lung cancer screening uptake was reduced among current vs. never e-cigarette users, according to results published in JAMA Network Open.

TikTok videos that feature e-juice flavor names and e-cigarette brand names increased in prevalence from 2019 to 2022, according to results published in Nicotine & Tobacco Research.

Cigarette smoking has decreased among young adults in the United States, but nearly 15% reported regularly using e-cigarettes in 2021, a level higher than previously reported, according to study findings published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Twenty-two U.S. retailers have received a civil money penalty complaint from the FDA for selling unauthorized Elf Bar/EB Design e-cigarettes, which is a “popular youth-appealing brand,” according to a press release from the agency.

Many U.S. adults appeared to believe that e-cigarettes contain a larger amount of dangerous chemicals than cigarettes, according to survey results published in Addiction.

Although a recent report from the CDC showed that cigarette smoking in 2021 is the lowest it has been since 1965, millions of people continue to smoke, with many struggling to quit with the current authorized treatments.

Researchers identified early signals of atherosclerosis in blood samples from young people who smoke tobacco cigarettes or vape, though to a lesser extent among the latter.

Medical drama television episodes with narratives about e-cigarette- or vaping-associated lung injury — or EVALI — garnered more than 600 reactions from viewers on Twitter, according to a study published in Journal of Health Communication.

Among the estimated 46 million U.S. adults who used tobacco products in 2021, cigarette smoking prevalence decreased while e-cigarette use increased, according to CDC data published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

Use of only electronic-nicotine delivery systems did not raise the odds for wheezing; however, when used in current and former cigarette smokers, it showed a small elevated risk, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.