Patterns, trends and determinants of e-cigarette use in 28 European Union Member States 2014-2017
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Accepted version
Author(s)
Laverty, Anthony A
Filippidis, Filippos T
Vardavas, Constantine
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
There is a lack of nationally representative data on regular e-cigarette use, as well as on the transition from experimentation to regular use. This study examines changes in these in Europe between 2014 and 2017. Data come from the 2014 (n = 27,801) and 2017 (n = 27,901) adult Special Eurobarometer for Tobacco Survey, providing nationally representative surveys of 28 EU member states. We defined regular use of e-cigarettes as daily or weekly use from a question on frequency of e-cigarette use. Among ever users of e-cigarettes we assessed socio-demographic correlates of becoming a regular user. 1.5% of the EU population were regular e-cigarette users in 2014, which had risen to 1.8% in 2017. In 2017 63 million Europeans aged 15 or older had ever used e-cigarettes (95% CI, 59.9 million–66.2 million), and 7.6 million (95% CI, 6.5million–8.9 million) were regular e-cigarette users. Among those who had ever used e-cigarettes, participants aged 15–24 years were less likely to be regular user than those aged ≥55 years (16.9% vs. 38.1%), as were never smokers compared with current and former smokers (12.8% vs. 27.0% vs. 41.3%). The proportion of adults who were regular e-cigarette users in 2017 ranged from 4.7% in the UK to 0.2% in Bulgaria. There have been slight rises in the proportion of people regularly using e-cigarettes in the EU, and this varies considerably between member states, indicating the role of the regional environment in supporting or deterring e-cigarette use.
Date Issued
2018-11-01
Date Acceptance
2018-08-21
Citation
Preventive Medicine, 2018, 116, pp.13-18
ISSN
0091-7435
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
13
End Page
18
Journal / Book Title
Preventive Medicine
Volume
116
Copyright Statement
© 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. This manuscript is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Medicine, General & Internal
General & Internal Medicine
TOBACCO
SAMPLE
PREVALENCE
DEMAND
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2018-08-23