Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, USA.
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, USA; Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, University of California, San Francisco, USA.
Addict Behav. 2022 Mar;126:107179. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2021.107179. Epub 2021 Nov 14.
Identify e-cigarette devices, brands, and flavor types used by adolescents and young adults soon after the enactment of flavor restrictions, youth access laws, FDA's enforcement prioritization against some flavored pod/cartridge-based e-cigarettes, and during COVID-19 pandemic-related school closures.
National cross-sectional online survey (N = 4,351) in May 2020 assessed popularity, ever- and past-30-day use of e-cigarette device types (pod/cartridge-based, disposables, others), brands, flavor types and flavor-enhancers, by age group (under age 21 and 21 and over).
While pod/cartridge-based e-cigarettes had the highest ever-use (82.7% <21; 69.8% ≥21) and were most often-used (41.9% <21; 41.4% ≥21), most past 30-day-users (50.8% <21; 61.9% ≥21) and 7-day-users (36.0% <21; 56.7% ≥21) used disposables. Mint/menthol was the most-used flavor type (pod/cartridge-based: 48.2% <21, 48.1% ≥21; disposables: 51.6% <21, 56.4% ≥21), followed by fruit (pod/cartridge-based: 37.4% <21, 35.5%≥ 21; disposables: 51.6% >21, 46.2% ≥ 21), and sweet/dessert/candy flavor types (pod/cartridge-based: 24.4% <21, 24.7% ≥21; disposables: 29.7% <21, 33.8% ≥21). Participants reported using add-on e-cigarette flavor-enhancers (pod/cartridge-based: 24.6%; disposables: 31.3%).
Soon after FDA's January 2020 announcement of prioritized enforcement against flavored pod/cartridge-based e-cigarettes and during the pandemic lockdown, adolescents' and young adults' past 30-day use included mostly flavored disposables rather than pod/cartridge-based e-cigarettes, mint/menthol flavors, and some used add-on flavor enhancers. To reduce youth use, comprehensive regulation of e-cigarette devices and flavors should be enacted and enforced at federal, state, and local levels.
在电子烟口味限制、青少年获取电子烟法律、FDA 对某些口味烟弹/盒式电子烟执法优先级以及 COVID-19 疫情学校关闭之后,确定青少年和年轻人使用的电子烟设备、品牌和口味类型。
2020 年 5 月进行的全国性横断面在线调查(N=4351),按年龄组(<21 岁和 21 岁及以上)评估电子烟设备类型(烟弹/盒式、一次性、其他)、品牌、口味类型和口味增强剂的流行程度、以往使用情况和过去 30 天的使用情况。
虽然烟弹/盒式电子烟的以往使用率最高(<21 岁为 82.7%;≥21 岁为 69.8%),使用率最高(<21 岁为 41.9%;≥21 岁为 41.4%),但过去 30 天的使用者(<21 岁为 50.8%;≥21 岁为 61.9%)和 7 天使用者(<21 岁为 36.0%;≥21 岁为 56.7%)更多使用一次性电子烟。薄荷/薄荷醇是最常用的口味类型(烟弹/盒式:<21 岁为 48.2%,≥21 岁为 48.1%;一次性:<21 岁为 51.6%,≥21 岁为 56.4%),其次是水果(烟弹/盒式:<21 岁为 37.4%,≥21 岁为 35.5%;一次性:<21 岁为 51.6%,≥21 岁为 46.2%),甜味/点心/糖果口味类型(烟弹/盒式:<21 岁为 24.4%,≥21 岁为 24.7%;一次性:<21 岁为 29.7%,≥21 岁为 33.8%)。参与者报告使用附加电子烟口味增强剂(烟弹/盒式:24.6%;一次性:31.3%)。
在 FDA 2020 年 1 月宣布优先执法打击口味烟弹/盒式电子烟以及疫情封锁期间,青少年和年轻人过去 30 天的使用情况包括大多数口味的一次性电子烟,而不是烟弹/盒式电子烟、薄荷/薄荷醇口味电子烟,并且一些人使用了附加的口味增强剂。为了减少青少年使用电子烟,应该在联邦、州和地方各级制定和执行电子烟设备和口味的全面监管。