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Australia introduced legislation in 2021, which was strengthened in 2024, to limit e-cigarette sales to pharmacists among other restrictions. This study explored the impact of these reforms.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Weighted data from serial cross-sectional annual population-representative surveys (Health Omnibus Survey (2014\u20132017)\u2009and Population Health Survey Module System (2018\u20132024)) of South Australians aged 15 years and older (n=32\u2009737) were used to assess e-cigarette use and cessation attempts overall by tobacco use status and demographic characteristics.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The prevalence of current e-cigarette use was steady between 2014 (1.2%, 95% CI 0.7% to 1.8%)\u2009and 2020 (2.6%, 95%\u2009CI 1.7% to 3.5%), then doubled to 6.1% in 2023 (95% CI 4.6% to 7.7%) before declining in 2024 to 4.2% (95% CI 3.4% to 5.1%). Changes were most pronounced among those aged 15\u201329 years, where the prevalence of e-cigarette use\n                      <jats:italic>and<\/jats:italic>\n                      having never used tobacco rose 12-fold from 1.4% (95% CI 0 to 3.3%) in 2020 to 17.0% (95% CI 8.8% to 25.3%) in 2023, before declining to 5.5% (95% CI 3.3% to 7.7%) in 2024. Half of participants using e-cigarettes (49.3%) had ever attempted to quit vaping, though unprompted awareness of doctors or pharmacists as available sources of support was low (2.8%).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Early results indicate that Australia\u2019s strengthened vaping reforms correspond with reductions in e-cigarette prevalence in South Australia, driven mainly by declines among youth who have never used tobacco. 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