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Motivations and methods of dual users to quit vaping: Survey findings from adults who use electronic and combustible cigarettes

Year: 2021

Type: article

Abstract: strategies used (i.e.methods) to quit ECs among adults who use both ECs and CCs.Discontinuing EC use is common among adult CC smokers who try using ECs [3][4][5] .In a large national study of US adults, over half (56%) of current CC smokers who started using ECs later discontinued ECs 4 and findings were similar in a European cohort study with a two year follow-up 5 .Much of the prior research on stopping ECs includes adults who tried and subsequently discontinued ECs in the absence of self-defined regular EC use or dependence 4,8 .Among adults with a history of regular EC use, the most ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION Most adults who use electronic cigarettes (ECs) also smoke combustible cigarettes (CCs).Quitting ECs appears common among dual users but little is known regarding adult dual users' motivations and methods to quit ECs or how this relates to quitting CCs.METHODS We used Amazon Mechanical Turk, a web-based crowd-sourcing service, to survey 366 US adults with a history of regular EC and CC use.This analysis examined motivations and methods to quit both products among a subset of 204 (55.7%) respondents with dual use and a history of one or more attempts to quit ECs.RESULTS Most respondents (95%) were using ECs at the time of this survey and had a lifetime median of five EC quit attempts.The most common motivations to quit ECs were health (74%), money/cost (45%), and to reduce risk of COVID-19 (25%).The most common EC quit methods were cutting down (68%), getting advice from a doctor (28%), quitting 'cold turkey' (24%), nicotine replacement therapy (24%), and switching to ECs with less nicotine (24%).Most motivations and methods to quit ECs and CCs were moderately to highly correlated, suggesting similarity in dual users' approach to quitting the two products.CONCLUSIONS Dual users had a range of motivations and methods to quit ECs, most of which were similar to their motivations and methods to quit CCs.These findings support the need to develop treatment for adults motivated to quit ECs and demonstrate that dual users may currently engage in similar strategies to quit both products.

Source: Tobacco Induced Diseases

DOI: 10.18332/tid/132547

Authors: Elias Klemperer, Andrea Villanti

Institution: University of Vermont

Language: English

Topic: Smoking Behavior and Cessation

Subfield: Physiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,372