ArticlePreventive medicine2023
E-cigarette use during pregnancy and its association with adverse birth outcomes in the US.
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- Birth outcomes following intrauterine exposure to electronic nicotine delivery systems: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2026Pooled it
- Vaping and Smoking in Pregnancy-A Meta-Analysis of Neurobehavioural Development in Prenatally Exposed Offspring.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2025Pooled it
- Comparative effects of electronic cigarettes and dual use of electronic and conventional cigarettes on adverse pregnancy outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- Vaping during pregnancy: a systematic review of health outcomes.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Pooled it
- Emerging multisystem disease mechanisms of e-cigarette vaping on human health.Toxicology reports · 2026Review
- Uterine artery transcriptomic signatures of e-cigarette aerosol exposure in pregnancy.Reproductive toxicology (Elmsford, N.Y.) · 2026Article
- Vaping during pregnancy and maternal, fetal, and infant health outcomes: A scoping review of human and animal studies.PloS one · 2026Article
- Striking Surge in Lung Cancer Incidence in Children of Early Life.Journal of respiratory biology and translational medicine · 2026Article
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- Adverse Physical Consequences of Perinatal E-cigarette Use by Pregnant Mothers on Their Offspring: A Scoping Review.Cureus · 2026Review
- Vaping nicotine is associated with increased medically-attended COVID-19 in women of reproductive age in an integrated health system.Journal of thoracic disease · 2025Article
- Menthol Cigarette Use in US Pregnancies: Prevalence, Racial and Ethnic Disparities, and Associated Characteristics from the 2010-2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH).Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2025Article
- Vaping in Pregnancy: Unraveling Molecular Drivers of Preeclampsia and Fetal Growth Restriction.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- E-Cigarette and Vanillin Exposure Disrupts Cardiovascular Development in Xenopus laevis.Birth defects research · 2025Article
- Maternal Electronic Cigarette Inhalation Exposure During Gestation: Impacts on Prolactin and Xanthine Oxidase.Cardiovascular toxicology · 2025Article
- Perinatal nicotine-induced neurotoxicity and behavioral alterations in newborn mice are associated with oxidative stress, inflammation and downregulated Nrf2/HO-1 signaling: protective role of Anethum graveolens.Journal of molecular histology · 2025Article
- Screening for Endocrine Bioactivity Potential of Tobacco Product Chemicals Including Flavor Chemicals.Environmental toxicology · 2025Article
- Menthol, a consumer product additive, adversely affects human embryonic stem cells via activation of TRPM8 and TRPA1 channels.Stem cells translational medicine · 2025Article
- E-cigarette flavor and device preferences among US pregnant women who smoke: A latent class analysis.Tobacco prevention & cessation · 2025Article
- Use and co-use of tobacco and cannabis before, during, and after pregnancy: A longitudinal analysis of waves 1-5 of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2024Article
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Abstract
The popularity of e-cigarette use among young adults is a growing concern. However, little is known about factors associated with e-cigarette use in pregnant women and birth outcomes. In this retrospective cohort study, we evaluated the influence of several factors on behavioral changes in e-cigarette use before and during pregnancy, and assessed the association between e-cigarette use and subsequent birth outcomes among pregnant women. The Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study, a government-sponsored national longitudinal study based in the US, Waves 1 through 4 (2013-2018) were used. Multivariate logistic regressions were conducted to estimate behavioral changes in e-cigarette use during pregnancy and subsequent influence on high-risk birth (e.g., preterm birth, low birth weight, birth defects, etc.) and fetal death. Although pregnant women who quit vaping before pregnancy (OR = 1.14, 95% CI 0.54-2.40) or had any use during pregnancy (OR = 1.19, 95% CI 0.38-3.73) showed non-differential risk of having a high-risk birth in comparison to women who did not initiate vaping, we observed that the usage of mint/menthol flavor was correlated with higher risk of fetus death (OR = 3.27, 95% CI 1.17-9.19). Healthcare providers should encourage e-cigarette users to quit prior to and during early pregnancy.
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