Adolescents, Young Adults, and Adults Continue to Use E-Cigarette Devices and Flavors Two Years after FDA Discretionary Enforcement

Devin M. McCauley, Shivani Mathur Gaiha, Lauren Kass Lempert and Bonnie Halpern-Felsher
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Devin M. McCauley: Reach Lab, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
Shivani Mathur Gaiha: Reach Lab, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
Lauren Kass Lempert: Reach Lab, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
Bonnie Halpern-Felsher: Reach Lab, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 14, 1-15

Abstract: This study assesses the use of e-cigarette devices and flavors using a large, cross-sectional survey of adolescents, young adults, and adults (N = 6131; ages 13–40 years old; M age = 21.9) conducted from November to December 2021, 22 months after the FDA announced its prioritized enforcement policy against some flavored pod/cartridge-based e-cigarettes. We analyzed the patterns of use by age group: adolescents and young adults (AYAs) under 21 (minimum age of e-cigarette sales), young adults (21–24 years old), and adults (25–40 years old). The participants reported using e-cigarettes ever (44.2% < 21; 67.1% 21–24; 58.0% > 24), in the past 30 days (29.8% < 21; 52.6% 21–24; 43.3% > 24), and in the past 7 days (24.5% < 21; 43.9% 21–24; 36.5% > 24). Disposables were the most used e-cigarette device type across age groups (39.1% < 21; 36.9% 21–24; 34.5% > 24). Fruit, sweet, mint, and menthol flavors were popular across age groups; however, chi-squared tests for trends in proportions revealed age-related trends in past 30-day flavor use by device type. Findings suggest current AYA e-cigarette use may be higher than recorded by the NYTS 2021. The FDA, states, and localities should adopt more comprehensive restrictions on flavored e-cigarette products in order to reduce adolescent and young adult e-cigarette use.

Keywords: e-cigarettes; e-cigarette devices; flavors; adolescents; young adults; adults; Food and Drug Administration; menthol (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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