CDC survey (link below) confirms that virtually all e-cig use in US has been by smokers and exsmokers (including many who quit with e-cigs), disproves false fear mongering claims by CDC, FDA and others that e-cigs are addicting nonsmokers, appeal to youth, are target marketed to youth, are gateways to smoking, and renormalize smoking.
Specifically, the CDC survey on e-cig use by US adults found:
- ever use by current smokers increased from 9.8% in 2010 to 36.5% in 2013,
- ever use by former smokers increased from 2.5% in 2010 to 9.6% in 2013,
- ever use by never smokers decreased from 1.3% in 2010 to 1.2% in 2013,
- ever use by 18-24 year olds did NOT increase from 2010 to 2013,
- past 30 day use by current smokers increased from 4.9% in 2010/11 to 9.4% in 2012/13 (note that CDC only reported two year averages for past 30 day e-cig use),
- past 30 day use by former smokers increased from 1.0% in 2010/11 to 1.3% in 2012/13,
- past 30 day use by never smokers decreased from .2% in 2010/11 to suppressed due to relative standard error >40% in 2012/13,
- in 2013, current smokers were 54.7 times more likely than never smokers to have used and e-cig in past 30 days (increasing from 25.8 times more likely in 2010), and
- in 2012/13, current smokers were 73.1 times more likely than never smokers to have reported ever use of an e-cig (increasing from 10.5 times more likely in 2010/11).
