Polygenic score for cigarette smoking is associated with ever electronic-cigarette use in a college-aged sample.

Megan E CookeJames S CliffordElizabeth K DoJodi M GilmanHermine H MaesRoseann E PetersonElizabeth C Prom-WormleyA Eden EvinsRandi Melissa Schusternull null

Published in: Addiction (Abingdon, England) (2021)

Genetic factors associated with regular combustible cigarette use appear to be associated with ever e-cigarette use in young adults. We did not find evidence for shared genetic factors influencing heaviness of use of combustible cigarettes and current e-cigarette use frequency.

Keyphrases

smoking cessation
young adults
genome wide
replacement therapy
copy number
gene expression
dna methylation