Maryann Mason, Bruce Johnson, Christorpher Schaffner, Sean Johnston, Ursula Alexander, Oyindamola Ajala, Nia Andrews, Sarah B Welch
{"title":"Door-to-door overdose harm reduction: an Illinois case study.","authors":"Maryann Mason, Bruce Johnson, Christorpher Schaffner, Sean Johnston, Ursula Alexander, Oyindamola Ajala, Nia Andrews, Sarah B Welch","doi":"10.1186/s12954-024-01134-3","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12954-024-01134-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Harm reduction for people who use drugs (PWUD) is an established evidence-based practice that encompasses a wide variety of services, delivery formats, and settings and has been named a priority in US drug policy. Harm reduction is focused on planning with communities and meeting PWUD where they are and encompasses a wide variety of interventions. We describe and report the feasibility, acceptability, and process implementation outcomes for an innovative pilot drug overdose harm reduction intervention, Block-by-Block (BXB), focused on training for and distribution of naloxone and test strips in areas identified as high risk for fatal overdoses.</p><p><strong>Case presentation: </strong>Beginning operations in 2022, BXB operates in five pilot sites in four Illinois counties. Through partnerships with local organizations, BXB delivers harm reduction services in a private setting (home) or in a setting not specifically focused on serving PWUD (businesses, libraries, faith-based organizations, etc.) to reach PWUD and their friends, family and neighbors living in areas disproportionately affected by opioid overdose death. The intervention theory is based on acknowledgement that harm reduction services that require PWUD to visit a mobile unit, van or community organization, may not reach those in need or their friends, neighbors, and family for a variety of reasons including stigma associated with drug use, lack of awareness about these services, or where to locate them. Services delivered include education and training in the use of naloxone and fentanyl, xylazine and benzodiazepine test strips. Leave behind materials include naloxone, test strips and handouts with information on the intervention and local resources.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Results to date indicate that this intervention is feasible -over half (55%) of the doors approached were answered. Acceptability of the intervention as delivered is high --people at 75% of doors that were answered were interested in and received training and/or supplies. BXB is flexible in that it has been quickly adapted to changes in community conditions, the drug supply, and shifting high risk areas as they developed. This is a promising intervention that leverages available data and resources and is readily implementable in communities with support from a central program administrator and access to geo-coded data.</p>","PeriodicalId":12922,"journal":{"name":"Harm Reduction Journal","volume":"21 1","pages":"218"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11619706/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142780163","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tanja Schwarz, Deniz Akartuna, Martin Busch, R Michael Krausz, Alfred Uhl
{"title":"Challenges for the implementation of injectable opioid agonist treatment: a scoping review.","authors":"Tanja Schwarz, Deniz Akartuna, Martin Busch, R Michael Krausz, Alfred Uhl","doi":"10.1186/s12954-024-01102-x","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12954-024-01102-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and aims: </strong>Injectable opioid agonist treatment (iOAT) is a valuable, patient-centred, evidence based intervention. However, limited information exists on contextual factors that may support or hinder iOAT implementation and sustainability. This study aims to examine existing research on iOAT using diacetylmorphine and hydromorphone, focusing on identifying the key barriers and facilitators to its successful implementation.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A systematic search was conducted in the MEDLINE and PsycInfo databases (via Ovid) from inception to February 2024, supplemented by a comprehensive grey literature search. No restrictions were applied regarding publication type, year, or geographic location. Articles were independently screened by two reviewers. Eligible articles described the feasibility, implementation, and/or evaluation of iOAT in one or more countries, presenting perspectives on receiving, administering, or governing iOAT.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Forty-four publications were selected for inclusion. Barriers identified through thematic analysis included public acceptance concerns such as medication diversion, increased crime, and the Honey-Pot effect. Legal and ethical challenges identified involved enacting changes in law to make certain substances available as a medically controlled options for treatment, and addressing patient consent issues. Negative media coverage and public controversies were found to undermine acceptance, and high start-up costs especially for security, facility access, and economic feasibility were seen as additional obstacles. Regulatory barriers and stringent protocols were the most frequently cited limiting factors by patients and providers. Facilitators included the integration of trial prescriptions into comprehensive drug policy strategies and publishing data for evidence-based debates, together with ethics committees ensuring compliance with ethical standards. Developing information strategies and addressing opponents' claims improved public perception. Cost-effectiveness evidence was found to support long-term implementation, while flexible treatment protocols, inclusive spaces, and affirming therapeutic relationships were seen as important facilitators to enhance patient engagement and treatment effectiveness.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Successful implementation of iOAT requires balancing political and social acceptability with scientific integrity, alongside strategic communication and public outreach. Further research is needed to enhance the transferability of findings across diverse socio-political contexts and address key influencing factors associated with iOAT programs.</p>","PeriodicalId":12922,"journal":{"name":"Harm Reduction Journal","volume":"21 1","pages":"217"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11619471/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142780159","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Benjamin D Scher, Benjamin W Chrisinger, David K Humphreys, Gillian W Shorter
{"title":"Exploring drug consumption rooms as 'inclusion health interventions': policy implications for Europe.","authors":"Benjamin D Scher, Benjamin W Chrisinger, David K Humphreys, Gillian W Shorter","doi":"10.1186/s12954-024-01099-3","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12954-024-01099-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>People who use drugs are among the most socially excluded groups in Europe. Qualitative research on Drug Consumption Rooms (DCRs) has reported various benefits to clients, including increased feelings of well-being, safety and connection, however, few studies have explored in-depth client narratives of belonging and social inclusion. In this article, we explore this literature and describe the ways in which DCRs foster social inclusion and feelings of belonging amongst their clients. With a view towards the future of DCR implementation in Europe, this argument positions DCRs as effective 'inclusion health interventions'. The shift in analysis from DCRs as a purely harm reduction or overdose prevention and response intervention to one of 'inclusion health' could work towards a wider recognition of their effectiveness in addressing broader health and social inequities. At a policy level, this shift could result in increased political support for DCRs as recognized interventions, which through their design, effectively promote social inclusion.</p>","PeriodicalId":12922,"journal":{"name":"Harm Reduction Journal","volume":"21 1","pages":"216"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11616241/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142780164","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"People who use drugs and the right to health.","authors":"Alison Ritter, Liz Barrett","doi":"10.1186/s12954-024-01132-5","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12954-024-01132-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Support for a human rights framework for drug policy has been growing for some years. This year, the UNODC published a chapter in the World Drug Report focussed on the right to health. In this paper, we draw attention to the conceptualisation of the right to health for people who use drugs. While one essential element is access to appropriate, high quality, and affordable healthcare, this needs to occur hand-in-hand with two other central components of the right to health - the right to conditions that promote health (the social, economic, legal, commercial, and cultural determinants of health) and the right to meaningful participation in healthcare decisions and in health policy. We consider these three components of a right to health against the current international drug control regime. More specifically we point to how the three drug conventions (1966 as amended 1972, 1971 and 1988) make explicit mention of the right to health. In this way, we argue that duties to respect, protect and provide the right to health for people who use drugs accrue through being a signatory to the drug conventions. Given that there does not appear to be international appetite to abandon the current treaties, and notwithstanding the strong impression that they reinforce a criminalisation approach to people who use drugs, the work herein may afford another avenue for effective advocacy about the right to health.</p>","PeriodicalId":12922,"journal":{"name":"Harm Reduction Journal","volume":"21 1","pages":"215"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11610087/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142768374","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nicolas Fabresse, Eurydice Papias, Alma Heckenroth, Victor Martin, Daniel Allemann, Perrine Roux
{"title":"Correction: Implementation of a community-based LC-UV drug checking service: promising preliminary findings on feasibility and validity.","authors":"Nicolas Fabresse, Eurydice Papias, Alma Heckenroth, Victor Martin, Daniel Allemann, Perrine Roux","doi":"10.1186/s12954-024-01120-9","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12954-024-01120-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12922,"journal":{"name":"Harm Reduction Journal","volume":"21 1","pages":"213"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11606171/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142750683","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Raymond John S Naguit, Shayla S Schlossenberg, Praveena K Fernes
{"title":"Who is the drug user activist?: recounting the conceptualisation of drug user activism in the United Kingdom.","authors":"Raymond John S Naguit, Shayla S Schlossenberg, Praveena K Fernes","doi":"10.1186/s12954-024-01128-1","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12954-024-01128-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The British model of harm reduction has been referenced as a pioneering approach to substance use in Europe. While many have described the development of UK drug policy through different governments, few studies have focused on the role that drug user activists played in the UK drug policy reform movement. We examine the different conceptualisations of UK drug user activists in literature, including published academic journals and grey literature (news articles, podcasts, websites and unpublished dissertations). We describe the different conceptualisations of 'the drug user activist' based on chronological periods relevant to drug policy, namely: Pre-Misuse of Drugs Act (1870-1971), Misuse of Drugs Act (1971-1988), Thatcherite and AIDS crisis (1988-1998), New Labour and Internet (1998-2010), and Contemporary (2010 to present).In the 1900s, we see a shift from drug users portrayed as victims coming from privileged backgrounds to middle class people who displayed problematic behaviours. After the passage of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, drug user activists started to organise themselves and deliver education and outreach services. This was further amplified during the AIDS crisis and the Thatcherite era where drug users were involved in developing what later became the model for the public health approach to substance use. Drug user engagement with the government was strengthened during the New Labour government with the formation of the National Treatment Authority. Outside of government, drug users formed alliances which were crucial in ensuring accountability from the government. Upon the abolishment of the NTA, the organisations of drug users weakened. Drug user activists continued their initiatives, albeit on a smaller scale, while trying to rebuild the drug user movement. Further forms of documentation are needed to develop a more holistic historical account of drug user activism in the UK.</p>","PeriodicalId":12922,"journal":{"name":"Harm Reduction Journal","volume":"21 1","pages":"212"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11606087/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142750708","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Angela T Estadt, David Kline, William C Miller, Judith Feinberg, Christopher B Hurt, L Sarah Mixson, Peter D Friedmann, Kelsa Lowe, Judith I Tsui, April M Young, Hannah Cooper, P Todd Korthuis, Mai T Pho, Wiley Jenkins, Ryan P Westergaard, Vivian F Go, Daniel Brook, Gordon Smith, Dylan R Rice, Kathryn E Lancaster
{"title":"Differences in hepatitis C virus (HCV) testing and treatment by opioid, stimulant, and polysubstance use among people who use drugs in rural U.S. communities.","authors":"Angela T Estadt, David Kline, William C Miller, Judith Feinberg, Christopher B Hurt, L Sarah Mixson, Peter D Friedmann, Kelsa Lowe, Judith I Tsui, April M Young, Hannah Cooper, P Todd Korthuis, Mai T Pho, Wiley Jenkins, Ryan P Westergaard, Vivian F Go, Daniel Brook, Gordon Smith, Dylan R Rice, Kathryn E Lancaster","doi":"10.1186/s12954-024-01131-6","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12954-024-01131-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>People who use drugs (PWUD) in rural communities increasingly use stimulants, such as methamphetamine and cocaine, with opioids. We examined differences in hepatitis C virus (HCV) testing and treatment history among rural PWUD with opioids, stimulants, and other substance use combinations.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>PWUD were enrolled from ten rural U.S. communities from 2018 to 2020. Participants self-reporting a positive HCV result were asked about their HCV treatment history and drug use history. Drug use was categorized as opioids alone, stimulants alone, both, or other drug(s) within the past 30 days. Prevalence ratios (PR) were yielded using adjusted multivariable log-binomial regression with generalized linear mixed models.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of the 2,705 PWUD, most reported both opioid and stimulant use (74%); while stimulant-only (12%), opioid-only (11%), and other drug use (2%) were less common. Most (76%) reported receiving HCV testing. Compared to other drug use, those who reported opioid use alone had a lower prevalence of HCV testing (aPR = 0.80; 95% CI: 0.63, 1.02). Among participants (n = 944) who self-reported an HCV diagnosis in their lifetime, 111 (12%) ever took anti-HCV medication; those who used both opioids and stimulants were less likely to have taken anti-HCV medication compared with other drug(s) (aPR = 0.41; 95% CI: 0.19, 0.91).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In this pre-COVID study of U.S. rural PWUD, those who reported opioid use alone had a lower prevalence of reported HCV testing. Those diagnosed with HCV and reported both opioid and stimulant use were less likely to report ever taking anti-HCV medication.</p>","PeriodicalId":12922,"journal":{"name":"Harm Reduction Journal","volume":"21 1","pages":"214"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11606200/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142754927","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Khushbu P Shah, Pronoma Srivastava, Viraj Modi, Audun J Lier
{"title":"Assessment of harm reduction receipt and infectious diseases outcomes in United States Veterans with opioid use disorder and history of injection drug use.","authors":"Khushbu P Shah, Pronoma Srivastava, Viraj Modi, Audun J Lier","doi":"10.1186/s12954-024-01129-0","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12954-024-01129-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Injection drug use (IDU) may lead to negative health outcomes and increased healthcare utilization. In US Veterans (USV) with opioid use disorder (OUD), there is sparse information about healthcare utilization, harm reduction prescription, and outcomes associated with IDU, including severe injection-related infections (SIRI). We assessed psychosocial factors, clinical outcomes, and harm reduction receipt in a cohort of USV with OUD, specifically focusing on persons who inject drugs (PWID).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A retrospective cohort study was performed of USV aged ≥ 18 years with a diagnosis of OUD who presented to the Northport Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Long Island, NY) between 2012 and 2022. Demographics, psychosocial factors, history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, and healthcare utilization were compared by IDU status. Prescription of medications for opioid use disorder, naloxone and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV were also compared by IDU status. SIRI episodes and associated sequelae were characterized in USV with IDU.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 502 USV with OUD were included and 216 (43%) were PWID. Mean age was 52.6 years. PWID were more likely to use multiple stimulants (14.4% PWID vs. 7.3% non-PWID, p < 0.011), be hospitalized with an infection (26.4% PWID vs. 12.2% non-PWID, p < 0.001) and had more frequent inpatient admissions (n = 5.5 PWID vs. n = 3.51 non-PWID, p = 0.003). Among PWID, 134 (62%) had a history of HCV infection, 9 (4.2%) had HIV, and 35 (16.2%) had at least one SIRI episode. PWID had a higher frequency of current (51.9% PWID vs. 38.5% non-PWID, p = 0.003) or previous MOUD use (45.8% PWID vs. 31.1% non-PWID, p < 0.001). Overall PrEP receipt in our cohort (0.46% PWID vs. 1.4% non-PWID, p = 0.4) was low.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>USV with OUD and a history of IDU had a high prevalence of concurrent stimulant use, HCV, SIRI episodes, and were more likely to be hospitalized than USV with OUD and no history of IDU. Harm reduction strategies such as MOUD or PrEP, can help decrease the risk of infectious diseases, yet PrEP was underutilized in our population regardless of IDU status. USV with OUD would benefit from improved integration of OUD treatment, infectious diseases clinical care and harm reduction interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":12922,"journal":{"name":"Harm Reduction Journal","volume":"21 1","pages":"211"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11600810/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142739419","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maria Christina Herrera, Kaja Darien, Sarah Wood, Scott E Hadland, J Deanna Wilson, Nadia Dowshen
{"title":"Opportunities to enhance retention on medication for opioid use disorder for adolescents and young adults: results from a qualitative study with medical providers in Philadelphia, PA.","authors":"Maria Christina Herrera, Kaja Darien, Sarah Wood, Scott E Hadland, J Deanna Wilson, Nadia Dowshen","doi":"10.1186/s12954-024-01113-8","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12954-024-01113-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) are under-prescribed to adolescents and young adults (AYA). Few published studies have explored challenges to and opportunities to enhance continuous provision of MOUD for AYA. Our report focuses on this emergent theme that was identified as part of a larger qualitative study.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We purposively sampled and enrolled medical providers who prescribed MOUD to AYA. Semi-structured individual interviews using chart-stimulated recall explored barriers and facilitators to MOUD retention. We used modified grounded theory in our qualitative analysis, with double coding of interviews.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Barriers to retention on MOUD included patient-level (i.e., return to substance use) and system-level factors (i.e., cost, delayed receipt, pharmacy challenges, and in-person visit requirements). Facilitators included patient-level (i.e., motivation, support networks) and system-level factors (i.e., telehealth access, availability of certified recovery specialists).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our study is the first to look at retention for this key age group, setting it apart from the existing body of literature that looks at medication initiation. Our findings confirm that significant systemic barriers exist to AYA patients' retention on MOUD. Further research is needed to develop interventions that facilitate continuous delivery of high-quality care among this key population.</p>","PeriodicalId":12922,"journal":{"name":"Harm Reduction Journal","volume":"21 1","pages":"210"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11587537/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142709072","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Joint smoking-vaping prevalence rates among American youth and young adults 2011-2022.","authors":"Brad Rodu, Nantaporn Plurphanswat","doi":"10.1186/s12954-024-01125-4","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12954-024-01125-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) annually tracks American youth and adult smoking prevalence using data from the National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS) and the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). The NYTS and the NHIS began collecting information on vaping in 2011 and 2014 respectively. However, since those years the CDC has only reported smoking and vaping rates separately, which presents a long-term and important information gap, given the decade-long debate about whether e-cigarettes help people who smoke reduce or quit, and whether they are a gateway to youth smoking. This short report provides joint smoking and vaping prevalence rates for American high school students from 2011 to 2022 from the NYTS, and rates for American adults 18-44 years old over the same period from the NHIS. The results show that cigarette smoking declined sharply, especially in high schoolers and emerging young adults (18-20 years) while vaping increased substantially. In addition, the prevalence of vaping among people who formerly smoked also increased. The importance of these trends is highlighted by sharp increases in quit ratios among emerging and junior (21-24 years) young adults, who had historically low levels of quitting.</p>","PeriodicalId":12922,"journal":{"name":"Harm Reduction Journal","volume":"21 1","pages":"209"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11585947/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142710068","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}