About The Study: The findings from this study using 2016-2021 data on 10,000 adolescents in the U.S. suggest that pregnant adolescents increasingly used e-cigarettes, with the highest use among white adolescents. Results from this analysis found that, unlike cigarette use, e-cigarette use during late pregnancy was not statistically significantly associated with an increased risk of small-for-gestational-age birth among adolescents. Due to the uncertainty of this nonsignificant association, future research could benefit from a larger sample size.
Authors: Xiaozhong Wen, M.D., Ph.D., of the State University of New York at Buffalo, is the corresponding author.
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(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.47407)
