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MONDAY, Dec. 16, 2019 (HealthDay News) — Current use of electronic cigarettes is an independent risk factor for respiratory disease, according to a study published online Dec. 16 in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Dharma N. Bhatta, Ph.D., M.P.H., and Stanton A. Glantz, Ph.D., from the University of California in San Francisco, conducted a longitudinal analysis of the adult Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Waves 1, 2, and 3. The correlation between e-cigarette use and respiratory disease was examined, while controlling for combustible tobacco smoking, demographics, and clinical variables.<\/p>\n
The researchers found that among those who did not report respiratory disease at wave 1, there were statistically significant associations between former e-cigarette use and current e-cigarette use at wave 1 and having incident respiratory disease at waves 2 and 3 (adjusted odds ratios, 1.31 and 1.29, for former and current e-cigarette use, respectively). There was also a significant association for current combustible tobacco smoking with respiratory disease at waves 2 and 3 (adjusted odds ratio, 2.56). For dual users (e-cigarette and combustible tobacco), the odds of developing respiratory disease were 3.30 compared with never smokers who never used e-cigarettes.<\/p>\n
“Although switching from combustible tobacco, including cigarettes, to e-cigarettes theoretically could reduce the risk of developing respiratory disease, current evidence indicates a high prevalence of dual use, which is associated with increased risk beyond combustible tobacco use,” the authors write.<\/p>\n
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