In the United States, adolescents using e-cigarettes are getting younger, and the results of a study showing that the number of days using e-cigarettes per month and the percentage of those who use e-cigarettes within five minutes after waking up have increased11 Posted on May 7th.

Stanton Glantz of Massachusetts Children's General Hospital, USA, and his colleagues conducted the National Youth Tobacco Surveys from 2014 to 2021 on 151,573 adolescents from the 6th grade of elementary school to the 3rd grade of high school (average age: 14.57 years). 51.1% of boys)Electronic CigaretteWe investigated the type of tobacco first used, the age at which use was started, and the number of days of use per month (strength), such as cigarettes and cigarettes.We also analyzed the degree of dependence on the index of use within 5 minutes after waking up.

Youth e-cigarette addiction

As a result, the first tobacco products usedElectronic CigaretteIn 2014, 27.2% of respondents answered that they had been, but in 2019 it increased to 78.3% and in 2021 to 77.0%.Meanwhile, in 2017, e-cigarettes surpassed cigarettes and others to take the top spot.Age at initiation of use decreased by -0.159 years, or 1.9 months per calendar year, from 2014 to 2021 for e-cigarettes, indicating a significant decrease (P < 0.001), compared with cigarettes. 0.017 years (P=0.24), 0.015 years for cigars (P=0.25), etc., and no significant changes were observed.Intensity increased significantly for e-cigarettes from 3-5 days per month in 2014-2018 to 6-9 days per month in 2019-2020 and 10-19 days per month in 2021. However, no significant changes were observed with cigarettes and cigars.The percentage of people who used e-cigarettes within 5 minutes after waking up remained around 1% from 2014 to 2017, but increased rapidly after 2018, reaching 10.3% in 2021.

The authors concluded, ``Clinicians should be aware of the increasing addiction to e-cigarettes among young people, and should always keep this in mind in their daily practice. It is necessary to further strengthen regulations from a policy perspective, such as a complete ban on