What keeps US vapers committed to vaping?
Harlow AF, Fetterman JL, Ross CS, et al. Association of device type, flavors and vaping behavior with tobacco product transitions among adult electronic cigarette users in the USA. Tobacco Control 2022; 31: e10e17. “Non-tobacco flavors, daily vaping, and modifiable e-cigarette devices may help some smokers abstain from cigarette smoking via transitioning to exclusive e-cigarette use, but are also associated with ongoing exclusive e-cigarette use.”
Comment: Vaping supporters cheer such findings, but supporting “ongoing e-cigarette use” is not cessation; it is simply switching to an alternative, continuing nicotine dependency. https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/31/e1/e10
Stephen Hamann
