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*Nearly a third of smokers incorrectly believe vaping is more or equally as harmful as smoking (32% compared to 34% in 2020). | *Nearly a third of smokers incorrectly believe vaping is more or equally as harmful as smoking (32% compared to 34% in 2020). | ||
*Citation: Action on Smoking and Health (ASH). Use of e-cigarettes (vapes) among adults in Great Britain. 2021 | *Citation: Action on Smoking and Health (ASH). Use of e-cigarettes (vapes) among adults in Great Britain. 2021 | ||
===2021: [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10900-021-01015-x Patterns of E-Cigarette Use Among Primary Care Patients at an Urban Community Center]=== | |||
*Among primary care patients at a community health center, e-cigarette use was reported by a sizeable portion of the sample. Overall, odds of use were higher in certain patient populations, and individuals who formally used cigarettes were more likely to report e-cigarette use than individuals who currently smoke, suggesting that e-cigarettes may be functioning as a cessation aid or a strategy to reduce conventional cigarette use. | |||
*Reasons for e-cigarette use included “to help me quit smoking cigarettes”, “to help me reduce the number of cigarettes I smoke”, and “so that I can e-smoke in places where cigarette smoking is not allowed." | |||
*The mean frequency of e-cigarette use was higher among those who formerly smoked cigarettes than among those who currently smoked (t = 6.45, p < 0.001) and patients who currently smoked had less than half the odds of daily e-cigarette use compared to those who formerly smoked (OR = 0.39, p < 0.001). | |||
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