Changes in vaping trends since the announcement of an impending ban on disposable vapes: A population study in Great Britain.

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Addiction Pub Date : 2025-04-15 DOI:10.1111/add.70057

Sarah E Jackson, Lion Shahab, Harry Tattan-Birch, Vera Buss, Jamie Brown

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Background/aim: There has been a rapid rise in vaping prevalence among youth and young adults in Great Britain since disposable vapes started to become popular in 2021. In January 2024, the government announced plans to introduce new vaping policies, including a ban on disposable vapes, to tackle youth vaping. This study measured whether trends in current vaping and use of disposable vapes have changed since this announcement.

Methods: Segmented regression analysis of data collected monthly between January 2022 and January 2025 as part of the Smoking Toolkit Study, a representative household survey in Great Britain. We ran generalised additive models using data from all participants aged ≥16y (n = 88 611; 'adults') and from a subset aged 16-24y (n = 9276; 'young adults'). Main outcome measures were changes in trends in (a) the prevalence of current vaping and (b) the proportion of vapers mainly using disposable devices.

Results: Before January 2024, vaping prevalence was increasing by 23.4% per year [relative risk (RR)_trend = 1.234, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.184-1.287] and use of disposable vapes was increasing by 17.7% per year (RR_trend = 1.177, 95% CI = 1.105-1.255). These trends changed after the new policy measures were announced (RR_Δtrend = 0.782, 95% CI = 0.696-0.878, and RR_Δtrend = 0.573, 95% CI = 0.487-0.673, respectively). Instead of increasing, vaping prevalence stabilised and there was a substantial decline in the proportion of vapers mainly using disposables from 43.6% (40.1-47.3%) in January 2024 to 29.4% (26.3-32.9%) in January 2025. Similar changes were observed among young adults (vaping prevalence: RR_Δtrend = 0.799, 95% CI = 0.645-0.990; use of disposable vapes: RR_Δtrend = 0.547, 95% CI = 0.435-0.688), with vaping prevalence stabilising between January 2024 and January 2025 and the proportion of vapers mainly using disposables falling from 63.2% (58.8-67.8%) to 35.2% (30.4-40.8%).

Conclusions: Following the announcement of an impending ban on disposable vapes and other potential vaping policies, recent increases in vaping prevalence in Great Britain stalled, including among young adults. In addition, there was a shift away from using disposable vapes, with people increasingly opting to use devices that can be refilled and recharged.

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自宣布即将禁止使用一次性电子烟以来，电子烟趋势的变化：英国的一项人口研究。

背景/目的：自2021年一次性电子烟开始流行以来，英国年轻人和年轻人的电子烟流行率迅速上升。2024年1月，政府宣布计划推出新的电子烟政策，包括禁止使用一次性电子烟，以解决青少年吸电子烟的问题。这项研究测量了自这一声明发布以来，当前吸电子烟和使用一次性电子烟的趋势是否发生了变化。方法：分割回归分析从2022年1月到2025年1月每月收集的数据，作为吸烟工具包研究的一部分，这是英国一项有代表性的家庭调查。我们使用年龄≥16岁的所有参与者的数据运行广义加性模型(n = 88611；“成年人”)和16-24岁的子集(n = 9276；“年轻人”)。主要结果测量是(a)当前电子烟的流行程度和(b)主要使用一次性电子烟设备的电子烟使用者比例的趋势变化。结果：2024年1月前，电子烟患病率以每年23.4%的速度增长[相对危险度（RR）趋势= 1.234,95%可信区间(CI) = 1.184 ~ 1.287]，一次性电子烟使用量以每年17.7%的速度增长（RRtrend = 1.177, 95% CI = 1.105 ~ 1.255）。这些趋势在新的政策措施公布后发生了变化（RRΔtrend = 0.782, 95% CI = 0.696-0.878, RRΔtrend = 0.573, 95% CI = 0.487-0.673）。电子烟的流行非但没有增加，反而趋于稳定，主要使用一次性电子烟的电子烟用户比例大幅下降，从2024年1月的43.6%（40.1-47.3%）降至2025年1月的29.4%（26.3-32.9%）。在年轻人中也观察到类似的变化(电子烟患病率：RRΔtrend = 0.799, 95% CI = 0.645-0.990；使用一次性电子烟：RRΔtrend = 0.547, 95% CI = 0.435-0.688)，在2024年1月至2025年1月期间，电子烟流行率趋于稳定，主要使用一次性电子烟的比例从63.2%（58.8-67.8%）降至35.2%（30.4-40.8%）。结论：在宣布即将禁止一次性电子烟和其他潜在的电子烟政策之后，英国电子烟流行率的近期增长停滞不前，包括在年轻人中。此外，人们不再使用一次性电子烟，越来越多的人选择使用可以重新充电的电子烟。

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Addiction 医学-精神病学

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10.80

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6.70%

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319

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3 months

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