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ArticleAddictive behaviors2025

E-cigarette use among a national sample of adults receiving substance use treatment in the United States.

Omar El-Shahawy, Michelle He, Olivia Korostoff-Larsson, Shadi Nahvi, Joseph J Palamar

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Omar El-ShahawyDepartment of Population Health, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, USA; School of Global Public Health, New York University, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address: Omar.ElShahawy@nyulangone.org.
Michelle HeDepartment of Population Health, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, USA.
Olivia Korostoff-LarssonDepartment of Population Health, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, USA.
Shadi NahviDepartments of Medicine and Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Health System, Bronx, NY, USA.
Joseph J PalamarDepartment of Population Health, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, USA.

Funding

Effectiveness and impact of counseling enhanced with electronic cigarettes for harm reduction in smokers with opioid use disorderR01DA055675 · NIDA · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI Omar El-Shahawy · 2022 to 2026
$3.0M
New psychoactive substance exposure among NYC nightclub and festival attendeesR01DA057289 · NIDA · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI Joseph J Palamar · 2023 to 2026
$2.7M
Mentoring investigators to improve health outcomes among persons with opioid and tobacco use disorderK24DA051807 · NIDA · ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI Shadi Nahvi · 2022 to 2026
$972k
NIDA NIH HHS K24 DA051807NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA055675NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA057289
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSmoking among adults in substance use disorder (SUD) treatment programs is common with limited success in quitting. Given e-cigarettes' potential for smoking harm reduction, it is important to examine e-cigarette use among people in SUD treatment.

methodsWe analyzed data from adults who have received SUD treatment in the past year, from the 2020-2021 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (N = 1,246). We delineated correlates of lifetime and current (past-month) use e-cigarette use.

resultsAmong adults receiving SUD treatment, an estimated 39.4 % (95 % CI: 34.1, 45.1) have used e-cigarettes in their lifetime and 19.5 % (95 % CI: 16.1, 23.6) of those currently vape. Among those reporting current vaping, an estimated 57.3 % (95 % CI: 44.9-68.8) currently smoke cigarettes and half (54.2 % [95 % CI: 41.1-66.7]) currently use cannabis. Compared to those who only received treatment for alcohol use disorder, those receiving treatment for drug use (aPR = 1.47, 95 % CI: 1.09-1.99) and alcohol and drug use (aPR = 1.60, 95 % CI: 1.16-2.22) had higher prevalence of lifetime e-cigarette use, and those reporting treatment for drug use only (aPR = 2.60, 95 % CI: 1.52-4.46) and alcohol and drug use (aPR = 2.82, 95 % CI: 1.63-4.87) also had higher prevalence of current e-cigarette use.

conclusionsThe prevalence of e-cigarette use was higher among those in treatment for both drug or alcohol and drugs only than those receiving treatment for only alcohol use. Smoking harm reduction interventions can potentially include e-cigarette among those receiving drug treatment. There is also a need to address challenges of dual e-cigarette and cigarette use, as well as dual e-cigarette use with cannabis.

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Cigarette SmokingElectronic Nicotine Delivery SystemsSubstance-Related DisordersVapingAdolescentAdultFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPrevalenceUnited StatesYoung AdultCannabisE-cigarettesSmoking harm reductionSubstance use disorder treatment

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PMID40086428
PMCPMC11968208

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