United States: US adults transitioned into utilizing only electronic cigarettes instead of traditional cigarettes from 2017 to 2023, according to the March 6 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
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The trends of commercial tobacco usage by adults across seven years are examined through research conducted by CDC researcher René A. Arrazola, M.P.H., and his colleagues.
Adults used three types of tobacco products: combustible tobacco, smokeless tobacco products, and e-cigarettes, which fell under the federal tobacco product classification between 2013 and 2020.
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.