United States: The March 6 US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report published research that showed US adults went from exclusive cigarette smoking to exclusive electronic cigarette use between 2017 and 2023.
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A seven-year study examining adult trends in commercial tobacco use is outlined by CDC researcher René A. Arrazola, M.P.H., together with colleagues.
The products included combustible tobacco products, smokeless tobacco products, and e-cigarettes (e-cigarettes meet the federal definition of tobacco products) among adults during a seven-year period.
Adult participants took part in the National Health Interview Survey (2017 to 2023), and the annual number of participants ranged from 21,153 to 31,997, as the US News reported.
The study documented how current cigarette smoking among exclusive users declined from 10.8 percent to 7.9 percent, whereas exclusive e-cigarette use increased from 1.2 percent to 4.1 percent.
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Adults aged 18 to 24 years demonstrated reduced use rates of cigarette and pipe tobacco products (6.5 to 1.2 percent and 1.0 to 0.1 percent), together with increased e-cigarette adoption (2.7 to 10.3 percent).
The adult population between 25 and 44 years experienced similar behavior patterns with exclusivity rates in cigarette smoking that declined from 12.0 percent to 7.6 percent and exclusive e-cigarette use prevalence, which increased from 1.5 percent to 6.1 percent.
Furthermore, as the authors mentioned, “The decrease in number of adults who currently exclusively smoke cigarettes by approximately 6.8 million persons was offset by the increase in the number who currently use e-cigarettes exclusively (approximately 7.2 million),” US News reported.