Please read Dr. Chen-Sankey’s article in medRxiv titled, “Associations between e-cigarette marketing exposure and vaping nicotine and cannabis among U.S. adults, 2021.“
In recent years, e-cigarette or vape products with nicotine, have become one of the most commonly used tobacco products in the U.S. The prevalence of past 30-day e-cigarette use with nicotine (or vaping nicotine) was 17.0% among middle and high school-aged youth in 2023 and 17.2% and 5.2% among young adults (ages 19–30) and midlife adults (ages 35–50), respectively, in 2022. During the same time, many states legalized non-medical (or recreational) cannabis retail, coinciding with increased vape product use with cannabis (often called vaping cannabis or vape pens). In 2022, 13.9% and 6.3% of U.S. young adults and midlife adults reported past 30-day cannabis vaping, respectively. The share of e-cigarettes or vape products in the cannabis market has also expanded—ranking second in 2023, after flower products. Overall, vaping has become an increasingly common consumption method for both nicotine and cannabis.
Mounting evidence has demonstrated that e-cigarette marketing might be one of the main contributing factors to the uptake and continued behavior of vaping nicotine across ages. In contrast, there is limited understanding of whether e-cigarette marketing exposure is associated with vaping cannabis, including vaping only cannabis and vaping nicotine and cannabis concomitantly. Previous studies that examined the influence of cannabis product marketing only focused on the marketing of all cannabis products without specifically examining cannabis vape product marketing or use behaviors. To read the full article.
Associations between e-cigarette marketing exposure and vaping nicotine and cannabis among U.S. adults, 2021. Chen-Sankey J, La Capria K, Glasser A, Padon AA, Moran MB, Wagoner KG, Jackson KM, Berg CJ. Addict Behav. 2024 Oct;157:108090. PMID: 38352380 PMCID: PMC10863020 DOI: 1101/2024.02.03.24302079