- Title
- E-cigarette use in pregnancy in Australia: A cross-sectional survey of public antenatal clinic attendees
- Creator
- Rice, Alice; Kingsland, Melanie; Doherty, Emma; Licata, Milly; Tully, Belinda; Wiggers, John; Wolfenden, Luke; Foster, Michelle; Lecathelinais, Christophe; Daly, Justine
- Relation
- Drug and Alcohol Review Vol. 43, Issue 7, p. 1733-1741
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13864
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2024
- Description
- Introduction: E-cigarette use has rapidly increased amongst young people in Australia, however the prevalence of use amongst pregnant people is not known. The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of e-cigarette use and dual use of e-cigarettes and tobacco cigarettes, characteristics associated with use and reasons for use amongst a sample of pregnant Australian people attending public antenatal clinics. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted with 4024 pregnant people attending antenatal appointments, between July 2021 and December 2022, in one local health district in New South Wales, Australia. Main outcome measures were current use of e-cigarettes, dual use with tobacco cigarettes, participant characteristics associated with use and reasons for use. Results: 1.24% of pregnant people used e-cigarettes, 34% of these were dual smokers. Being a current smoker (OR 39.49; 95% CI 9.99–156.21) or ex-smoker (OR 29.86; 95% CI 8.75–101.95) were associated with e-cigarette use. Quitting smoking was the most reported reason for use (52%). Discussion and Conclusions: This study is the first to report on the prevalence of e-cigarette use amongst pregnant people in Australia. We found that a small proportion of pregnant people use e-cigarettes and that many are dual users or ex-smokers. E-cigarette use and rates of dual use in pregnancy in Australia appear lower than internationally, however they are similarly being used as a smoking-cessation aid by many. As regulatory environments relating to e-cigarette access change in Australia, large-scale studies are required to continue to monitor e-cigarette use and dual use in pregnancy.
- Subject
- matenral health; population health; pregnancy; smoking; vaping; SDG 3; Sustainable Development Goal
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1516106
- Identifier
- uon:56942
- Identifier
- ISSN:0959-5236
- Rights
- © 2024 The Author(s). Drug and Alcohol Review published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
- Language
- eng
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