{"id":16282,"date":"2024-08-02T10:43:09","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T10:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clearingtheair.eu\/new-study-in-america-more-vaping-less-smoking\/"},"modified":"2025-01-07T12:13:17","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T12:13:17","slug":"new-study-in-america-more-vaping-less-smoking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clearingtheair.eu\/es\/post\/new-study-in-america-more-vaping-less-smoking\/","title":{"rendered":"New study: in America, more vaping = less smoking"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A study in the <\/strong>Harm Reduction Journal<\/strong><\/a> has highlighted the impact of increased vaping prevalence on reducing smoking rates among US adults. <\/strong>Its key finding is a notable decrease in smoking rates as e-cigarette use became more common. <\/p>\n

For young adults aged 18-34, smoking rates fell from 29.5% in 1990 to just 7.4% in 2022, suggesting that vaping might be replacing traditional smoking habits, providing a less harmful way for people to get their nicotine fix.<\/p>\n

Researchers analysed US Government-backed smoking and vaping prevalence data from 1990 to 2022 and found a significant drop in smoking across all demographics but particularly among 18-34 year-olds, which correlates with the rise in e-cigarette use. <\/p>\n

Vaping devices were invented by Chinese chemist Hon Lik in 2006, which allowed the researchers to define two specific time periods for comparison: the \u201cpre e-cigarette era\u201d of 1990-2006, and the modern e-cigarette era from 2006 until 2022. <\/p>\n

According to the report:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cSignificant discrepancies in smoking prevalence were identified, such that observed smoking prevalence in the e-cigarette era was lower than was to be expected based on pre-e-cigarette era trends, i.e., actual smoking prevalence was lower than it otherwise would have been if trends from before e-cigarettes were introduced or became prevalent had continued uninterrupted.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cThe observed association between increasing e-cigarette use prevalence and decreasing smoking prevalence suggests a possible population-level displacement of combustible cigarettes by e-cigarettes. This finding is consistent with many other population-level studies across a range of modelling techniques\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n

While the methods and conclusions may sound both simple and common sense, activists arguing for tight restrictions on vapes continue to claim that vaping is a gateway to smoking. One might reasonably ask, on the basis of this data, \u201cif vaping is a gateway to smoking, then where are all the extra smokers?\u201d.<\/p>\n

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