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THURSDAY, Dec. 5, 2019 (HealthDay News) — Current and former electronic cigarette users have increased odds of depression compared with never users, according to a study published online Dec. 4 in JAMA Network Open<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Olufunmilayo H. Obisesan, M.D., M.P.H., from the American Heart Association Tobacco Regulation and Addiction Center in Dallas, and colleagues examined the correlation between e-cigarette use and depression using data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System database in 2016 to 2017. Data were included for 892,394 participants.<\/p>\n
Using multivariable adjusted models, the researchers found that compared with never users, former e-cigarette users had 1.60-fold increased odds of reporting a history of clinical diagnosis of depression, while current e-cigarette users had 2.10-fold higher odds. Compared with never users, among current e-cigarette users, the odds of reporting depression were higher with increased frequency of use (daily use: odds ratio, 2.39; occasional use: odds ratio, 1.96). In subgroup analyses by sex, race\/ethnicity, smoking status, and student status, the results were similar.<\/p>\n
“Our results suggest a strong association between e-cigarette use and depression, and this may have potential implications for regulation of e-cigarettes,” the authors write. “Our results also highlighted the need for longitudinal studies to investigate the risk of depression associated with e-cigarette use and the potential bidirectionality of the association between e-cigarette use and depression.”<\/p>\n
Several authors disclosed financial ties to the pharmaceutical industry.<\/p>\n