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. 2023 Jun 7;23:100528. doi: 10.1016/j.lana.2023.100528

Table 3.

Domains of E-cigarette use included in the surveys used to assess E-cigarette use among youth and adults in the United States.

Domains NYTS YRBSS MTF ITC, US-Youth BRFSS NHIS CPS-TUS HINTS TPRPS ITC, US-Adult NHANES NSDUH PATH
Preamble
Preamble includes disposable e-cigarettes
Lifetime or ever use
Age at initial use
Frequency of use
Type or brand used
Flavors
Nicotine content
Accessibility and source
Details about cost
Reason for e-cigarette use
Curiosity and intentions to use
Vaping other substances beside nicotine e.g., cannabis, flavorings
Vaping policy at home or workplace
Secondhand e-cigarette aerosol exposure
Addiction/dependence
Quitting e-cigarettes
Sources of information on e-cigarettes
Knowledge about content, addictiveness, and harmfulness of e-cigarettes
Other tobacco products assessed by survey
  • Combustible cigarettes

  • Cigars/cigarillos/little cigars

  • Chewing tobacco/snuff/dip

  • Hookah tobacco

  • Heated tobacco products

  • Nicotine pouches

  • Others e.g., roll-your-own cigarettes, pipe, snus, dissolvable tobacco, bidis,

  • Combustible cigarettes

  • Smokeless tobacco

  • Cigars/cigarillos/little cigars

  • Combustible cigarettes

  • Smokeless tobacco

  • Dissolvable tobacco

  • Snus

  • Heated tobacco products

  • Large cigars

  • Little cigars/cigarillos

  • Hookah/waterpipe

  • Combustible cigarettes

  • Heated tobacco products

  • Large cigars

  • Little cigars/cigarillos

  • Bidis

  • Smokeless tobacco

  • Nicotine pouches

  • Waterpipe/shisha

  • Combustible cigarettes

  • Chewing tobacco/snuff/snus

  • Combustible cigarettes

  • Cigars/cigarillos/little cigars

  • Pipe/waterpipe/hookah

  • Smokeless tobacco

  • Combustible cigarettes

  • Cigars/cigarillos/little cigars

  • Pipe

  • Waterpipe/hookah

  • Smokeless tobacco

  • Dissolvable tobacco

  • Combustible cigarettes

  • Heated tobacco products

  • Combustible cigarettes

  • Little cigars/cigarillos

  • Large cigars

  • Hookah

  • Heated tobacco products

  • Chewing tobacco, dip, snuff, snus, dissolvable tobacco

  • Combustible cigarettes

  • Heated tobacco products

  • Cigars

  • Cigarillos

  • Pipe

  • Hookah/waterpipe

  • Oral/smokeless tobacco

  • Nicotine pouches

  • Combustible cigarettes

  • Pipe

  • Cigars/cigarillos/little cigars

  • Waterpipe/hookah

  • Smokeless tobacco

  • Combustible cigarettes

  • Smokeless tobacco

  • Cigars/cigarillos/little cigars

  • Pipe

  • Combustible cigarettes

  • Cigar

  • Pipe

  • Hookah

  • Snus

  • Smokeless tobacco

Strengths Comprehensively assesses several domains of e-cigarette use in both middle and high school students. Has additional information on a wide array of other high-risk behaviors including substances misuse. The 12th grade questionnaire permits longitudinal follow- up of random subsamples of participants. Very extensive in assessing the various domains of e-cigarette use with additional information on the effects of COVID-19 on vaping habits and e-cigarette accessibility. The largest repeatedly conducted survey among US adults. It also state-level information and rural/urban residence. Can be linked to the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey to assess healthcare costs associated with e-cigarette use Information on secondhand exposure to e-cigarette vapor. Has information on where participants access information on e-cigarette and other tobacco products. Comprehensively assesses several domains of e-cigarette use among adults including e-cigarette quit intentions and attempts. Very extensive in assessing the various domains of e-cigarette use with additional information on perceptions regarding e-cigarette-related laws Can be linked to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services data to study changes in healthcare utilization and expenditures Has questions on mental health and psychosocial stressors, hence the association of e-cigarette use with these measures can be assessed Longitudinal design, with about ten years of follow-up data therefore allowing study of tobacco product transitions and health effects