Teenagers who vape are smoking at 1970s levels
UNITED KINGDOM, JUL 29 – An observational study finds 33% of teen vapers also smoke, compared to 1.5% of non-vapers, while overall youth smoking rates have declined steadily since 1974.
- Published in Tobacco Control, an observational study examined teen smoking and vaping across three UK birth cohorts and found current vapers had a 33% smoking prevalence versus 1.5% among non-vapers.
- Analysis of UK birth cohorts shows teen smoking declined from 33% in 1974 to 25% in 1986 and to 12% in 2018, with data tracked over several decades.
- While the authors acknowledge the association is not causal, critics argue the study does not support claims that e-cigarette use in the 2018 cohort causes smoking.
- Researchers recommend focusing anti-smoking efforts on e-cigarette users and preventing vaping to sustain declines in youth cigarette use, but the study shows the decline is waning among current e-cigarette users.
- Amid rising youth e-cigarette use, the study suggests this trend could threaten the recent declines in teen smoking among UK youth.
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UK teens who currently vape are as likely to take up smoking as their peers in the 1970s, despite a substantial fall in the prevalence of teenage smoking over the past 50 years, suggests a long-term intergenerational study published online in the journal Tobacco Control.
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