E-cigarette use and its association with smoking reduction and cessation intentions among Mexican smokers

Abstract

Objective. Evaluate the patterns of e-cigarette use and their association with smoking behavior. Materials and methods. We analyzed data from a population-based representative cohort of adult smokers who participated in the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Surveys in Mexico. The analytic sample (n=760) was restricted to participants who were followed up from wave 6 (2012) to wave 7 (2014-2015). GEE models regressed e-cigarette use at follow-up and changes in cigarettes per day (CPD) between waves, on baseline sociodemographic variables, smoking status (daily, non-daily, quit), e-cigarette trial, and quit intentions. Results. Smokers who were younger, had a higher income, and had tried e-cigarettes at baseline were more likely to be current e-cigarette users at follow-up. Ecigarette use at follow-up was not associated with a change in CPD over time. Conclusions. E-cigarette use does not appear to have promoted smoking cessation or reduction in this sample of Mexican smokers.

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“…As in other countries, the strongest correlate of e-cigarette use is being a current smoker (4.7% current smokers vs 0.4% non-smokers) 22. Nevertheless, it is not clear whether e-cigarette use has kept some people from quitting cigarettes,45 since e-cigarette use is relatively recent and is relatively low among current smokers (4.7%) and former smokers (1.1%). Indeed, the introduction of e-cigarettes has been associated with a decline in youth and young adult smoking prevalence in other countries where e-cigarette use is more prevalent 46.…”

Predictors of E-Cigarette Use Susceptibility—A Study of Young People from a Socio-Economically Disadvantaged Rural Area in Poland

“…In addition, one of the questions used to assess susceptibility was slightly different. In our study, the following question was asked “At any time during the next 12 months, do you think you will use a cigarette?”, whereas in the study by Kwon et al (2018) their participants had to answer a question “Do you think that you will try an e-cigarettes soon?”, and in the analysis of Bold and et al (2016) “Do you think you can experiment with e-cigarettes in the future?” [22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34].…”

“…Existing studies have pointed out four groups of factors that influence susceptibility to e-cigarette use: risk perception (knowledge about health effects, awareness of addictive effects of nicotine, harmfulness of e-cigarettes compared to traditional cigarettes), social norms and environmental impact (legislation, social acceptance, impact of family and friends), psychological factors (emotional problems, depression), and those related to lifestyle and behavior (negative health behaviors, mainly alcohol consumption and smoking traditional cigarettes) [23,24,25,26,27].…”

Usage of Electronic Cigarette and its Effects on Health

“…59 Bunun aksine, literatürde, E-sigaraların sigarayı bırakma ve azaltmada etkisine ait bir kanıt olmadığını savunan çalışmalar da yer almak tadır. 26,53,[60][61][62][63][64][65] Kalkhoran ve Glantz'ın yaptığı bir metaanalizde; E-sigara kullananların, kullanmayanlara göre geleneksel sigarayı bırakma başarısının %28 oranında daha düşük olduğu rapor edilmiştir. 29 Glantz ve Bareham'ın 2018 yılında yaptıkları ve 26 çalışmayı dâhil ettikleri başka bir metaanalizde ise E-sigara kullananların sigara bırakma başarısının, Esigara kullanmayan genel sigara tüketicilerinin sigarayı bırakma başarısından %27 oranında daha düşük olduğu bildirilmiştir.…”