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Glantz, Stanton and Jeffers, Abra and Winickoff, Jonathan P (2022) Nicotine addiction and intensity of e-cigarette use by adolescents in the US, 2014 to 2021. JAMA Network Open, 5, (11), e2240671. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.40671.

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Question: How are e-cigarettes associated with nicotine addiction among US adolescents?

Finding: In this survey study of 151,573 respondents, age at initiation of e-cigarette use decreased and intensity of use and addiction increased between 2014 and 2021. By 2019, more e-cigarette users were using their first tobacco product within 5 minutes of waking than users of cigarettes and all other tobacco products combined.

Meaning: These findings suggest that clinicians need to be ready to address youth addiction to these new highly addictive nicotine products during many clinical encounters, and stronger regulation is needed, including comprehensive bans on the sale of flavored tobacco products.

Item Type
Article
Publication Type
International, Open Access, Article
Drug Type
Tobacco / Nicotine
Intervention Type
Prevention, Harm reduction, Policy
Date
November 2022
Identification #
doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.40671
Volume
5
Number
11
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