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TUESDAY, Jan. 7, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Dual use of electronic cigarettes and combustible cigarettes is associated with increased odds of stroke compared with not smoking or sole combustible cigarette use, according to a study published online Jan. 7 in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Tarang Parekh, M.B.B.S., from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, and colleagues analyzed pooled data from the Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System from 2016 to 2017 for a sample of 161,529 participants aged 18 to 44 years to examine the association between e-cigarette use and stroke.<\/p>\n
The researchers found that the odds of stroke were increased for current dual use of e-cigarettes and combustible cigarettes compared with not smoking (adjusted odds ratio, 2.91; 95 percent confidence interval, 1.62 to 5.25) and compared with current sole combustible cigarette use (adjusted odds ratio, 1.83; 95 percent confidence interval, 1.06 to 3.17). The odds of stroke did not differ for current sole e-cigarette smokers compared with nonsmokers (adjusted odds ratio, 0.69; 95 percent confidence interval, 0.34 to 1.42). Compared with current sole combustible cigarette users, sole e-cigarette users had significantly lower odds of stroke (adjusted odds ratio, 0.43; 95 percent confidence interval, 0.20 to 0.93).<\/p>\n
“These findings emphasize the critical need to conduct longitudinal studies exploring the clear benefit and risks of current smoking-cessation alternatives,” the authors write.<\/p>\n