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=Smoking and Smoking Cessation=
=Smoking and Smoking Cessation=
===2024: [https://harmreductionjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12954-024-01056-0 Increased e-cigarette use prevalence is associated with decreased smoking prevalence among US adults]===
*E-cigarette use prevalence was highest among the younger adult (18–34) subpopulation, and lowest among the older adult (55+) subpopulation...
*It is not surprising that we did not observe an association among older adults in the present study, since older adults have generally not adopted e-cigarettes (e.g., see Figs. 2 and [21, 61]), precluding any effect on their smoking.
**Citation: Foxon, F., Selya, A., Gitchell, J. et al. Increased e-cigarette use prevalence is associated with decreased smoking prevalence among US adults. Harm Reduct J 21, 136 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-024-01056-0
***Acknowledgement: The previously-published version of this manuscript [22] was funded by JLI. The present, updated version did not receive any JLI funding, and was self-funded by PinneyAssociates.


===2021: Paper: [https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/early/2021/08/12/tobaccocontrol-2021-056945 Ignoring our elders: tobacco control’s forgotten health equity issue]===
===2021: Paper: [https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/early/2021/08/12/tobaccocontrol-2021-056945 Ignoring our elders: tobacco control’s forgotten health equity issue]===