Do Electronic Cigarettes Assist Motivated Smokers With Quitting?: A Secondary Analysis from a Community-Based Study
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2016-05
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The Ohio State University
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Objective: This study investigated the association between electronic cigarette, or e-cigarette, use after cessation treatment and tobacco abstinence at 12 months. It also examined characteristics of e-cigarette users and reasons for use.
Methods: A longitudinal observational secondary analysis of self-reported e-cigarette use among adult Appalachian smokers enrolled in a tobacco dependence treatment trial (n=217) was conducted. Data were collected at baseline, 3, 6, and 12 months following treatment.
Results: One in five participants reported using e-cigarettes post-treatment. Baseline sociodemographic and tobacco-related characteristics did not differ by e-cigarette use. Reasons participants cited for e-cigarette use included help in quitting, help in cutting down on cigarettes, and not as bad for health. Significantly fewer e-cigarette users than non-users were tobacco abstinent at the 12-month follow-up (4.7% vs. 19.0%, p=0.021).
Conclusions: Among adult Appalachian smokers enrolled in tobacco cessation treatment, those that used e-cigarettes post-treatment were less likely to be tobacco abstinent after 12 months. Additional high quality studies are needed to determine the effects of electronic cigarette use on long-term abstinence.
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Electronic Cigarettes, E-Cigarettes, Cessation, Appalachia