New Canadian survey finds most "ever vapers" vaped no-nicotine during most recent use

[Bill Godshall]

New Canadian e-cig survey finds:
- 55% of “ever users” reported using “no-nicotine” during their last e-cig use,
- 26% of “ever users” reported using “nicotine” during their last e-cig use,
- 19% of “ever users” reported not knowing if nicotine was in their last e-cig used,
- daily and former smokers were >2 times more likely to report using nicotine in their last e-cig used than were “never smokers”,
- 26% of smokers who “ever used” an e-cig reported use during “past 30 days”,
- 14% of nonsmokers who “ever used” an e-cig reported use in “past 30 days”,
- 13% of 15-19 year olds who “ever used” an e-cig reported use in “past 30 days”,
- never smokers accounted for 10% of “past 30 day” e-cig users,
http://tobaccoreport.ca/2015/TobaccoUseinCanada_2015_EcigaretteSupplement.pdf
(cited data on pages 9, 11, 14 and 15)


Another recently published e-cig survey of Ontario high school students found 72% of students who “ever used” an e-cig reported use of a no-nicotine e-cig, while 28% of students who “ever used” an e-cig reported use of a nicotine e-cig, indicating the US CDC falsely classified all teen e-cig users as “tobacco users” to confuse, scare and lobby for FDA’s e-cig sales ban to adults
Ever Use of Nicotine and Nonnicotine Electronic Cigarettes Among High School Students in Ontario, Canada

 

[DrMA]

very interesting. thanks, Bill.

 

[Hydroscopic]

Thanks for the link. It is good to see this since they're starting to pump the 'Canadian Teens use ecigs' stories out.

http://www.wnct.com/story/29003565/canadian-teens-trying-e-cigarettes-as-often-as-cigarettes-study

Of course it also cites the U.S. report and provides no links to the actual study. I'm starting to strongly dislike HealthDay for lacking source links.

 

[caramel]

ANTZ will claim it's irrelevant since it's not an US study.

 

[Tache]

Bear in mind that the cig-a-likes for sale in Canada at gas stations, convenience stores etc. are all non-nicotine. The only way to get a vape with nicotine is to get it from a vape specialty shop.

 

[Bill Godshall]

I agree it is likely that a higher percentage of Canadian "ever vapers", "past 30 day vapers" and "daily vapers" have vaped (and have most recently vaped) no-nicotine products (than have US vapers).

But while 44 states in the US now ban nicotine e-cig sales to minors (all 50 would have done so had CTFK/ACS/AHA/ALA not lobbied against them as a tactic to promote the FDA's adult e-cig ban), only several states ban the sale of no-nicotine e-cigs to minors.

We know that many (and perhaps most) "ever vapers" and "ever teen vapers" in the US used a no-nicotine e-cig when experimenting.

We also know that many (and perhaps most) "past 30 day vapers" and "past 30 day teen vapers" in the US used a no-nicotine e-cig during their last usage.

And we also know that some (but not most) "daily vapers" in the US use no-nicotine vapor products.

But Obama's DHHS refuses to ask (in any of its teen or adult e-cig surveys, except for the new PATH study) about use of "nicotine" or "no-nicotine" e-cigs, or about "daily vaping" so that the agency and its funding recipients can continue to falsely classify all e-cigs as "tobacco products" and all e-cig users as "tobacco users", and can continue to deceive the public to believe that "ever use" and "past 30 use" of an e-cig is the same as current, regular and/or daily use.