Trends in vaping and smoking behavior before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada: Beneficial and potentially detrimental changes

CONCLUSIONS: Changes to smoking and vaping were restricted to subsets within the population. In those aged 20-24, there was a modest increase in vaping from 2020 to 2021. In females, there was a decrease in smoking from 2019 to 2020, which persisted in 2021.PMID:37839145 | DOI:10.1016/j.addbeh.2023.107839

Source: Addictive Behaviors - October 15, 2023 Category: Addiction Authors: Robert Graham Kanika Bharthi Jeanne Williams Vandad Sharifi Pardis Pedram Mina Fahim Andrew Bulloch Scott B Patten Source Type: research