Trends in serious quit attempts in the United States, 2009–14

Gitchell, Joseph G.; Shiffman, Saul; Sembower, Mark A.

doi:10.1111/add.13712

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“…In the years when e-cigarette use increased the most, quit attempts also increased. 119–122 Studies from the UK converge with US studies indicating e-cigarettes have increased quitting smoking over and above what would have otherwise been expected. 17,94,113,116,123 Some patterns of infrequent e-cigarette use or even past use measured at one point in time may be (mistakenly) called “dual use” leading to overestimates of chronic dual use.…”

Section: Making a Population Impact: Modeling State Transitions To Chmentioning

confidence: 98%

Managing nicotine without smoke to save lives now: Evidence for harm minimization

Abrams

Glasser

Villanti

et al. 2018

Preventive Medicine

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Tobacco control has made strides in prevention and cessation, but deaths will not decline rapidly without massive behavior change. Currently, inhaled smoke from combusting tobacco is chiefly responsible for prematurely killing 7.2 million people worldwide and 530,000 in the United States annually. An array of noncombustible nicotine products (NNPs) has emerged and has disrupted the marketplace. Saving lives more speedily will require societal acceptance of locating a "sweet spot" within a three-dimensional framework where NNPs are simultaneously: 1. Less toxic, 2. Appealing (can reach smokers at scale), and 3. Satisfying (adequate nicotine delivery) to displace smoking. For this harm minimization framework to eliminate smoking, a laser focus on "smoking control" (not general tobacco control) is needed. By adopting these economically viable NNPs as part of the solution, NNPs can be smoking control's valued ally. Synthesis of the science indicates that policy and regulation can sufficiently protect youth while speeding the switch away from smoking. Despite some risks of nicotine dependence that can be mitigated but not eliminated, no credible evidence counters the assertion that NNPs will save lives if they displace smoking. But scientific evidence and advocacy has selectively exaggerated NNP harms over benefits. Accurate communication is crucial to dispel the misperception of NNPs harms and reassure smokers they can successfully replace smoking cigarettes with NNPs. Saving more lives now is an attainable and pragmatic way to call for alignment of all stakeholders and factions within traditional tobacco control rather than perpetuate the unrealized and unrealizable perfection of nicotine prohibition.

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Section: Making a Population Impact: Modeling State Transitions To Chmentioning

confidence: 98%

Managing nicotine without smoke to save lives now: Evidence for harm minimization

Abrams

Glasser

Villanti

et al. 2018

Preventive Medicine

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“…Surveys of e-cigarette users consistently indicate that, for most smokers, quitting cigarettes is one major reason for ANDS use (41), even among youth (125). In the years when e-cigarette use increased the most, studies revealed a rise in quit attempts (5,40), along with either a steady or faster drop in cigarette use among both youth and adults rather than a slowing of prevalence reduction (21,82). Studies suggest that daily users of e-cigarettes for a month or more are six times more likely to have quit smoking cigarettes two years later (11); former smokers who quit less than one year prior are four times more likely to be daily e-cigarette users compared with current smokers (26); and studies from the United Kingdom suggest that e-cigarettes have increased quitting rates and therefore reduced smoking prevalence above what would have otherwise been expected (135).…”

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confidence: 99%

Harm Minimization and Tobacco Control: Reframing Societal Views of Nicotine Use to Rapidly Save Lives

Abrams¹,

Glasser

Pearson

et al. 2024

Annual Review of Public Health

254

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Inhalation of the toxic smoke produced by combusting tobacco products, primarily cigarettes, is the overwhelming cause of tobacco-related disease and death in the United States and globally. A diverse class of alternative nicotine delivery systems (ANDS) has recently been developed that do not combust tobacco and are substantially less harmful than cigarettes. ANDS have the potential to disrupt the 120-year dominance of the cigarette and challenge the field on how the tobacco pandemic could be reversed if nicotine is decoupled from lethal inhaled smoke. ANDS may provide a means to compete with, and even replace, combusted cigarette use, saving more lives more rapidly than previously possible. On the basis of the scientific evidence on ANDS, we explore benefits and harms to public health to guide practice, policy, and regulation. A reframing of societal nicotine use through the lens of harm minimization is an extraordinary opportunity to enhance the impact of tobacco control efforts.

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“…Although nearly 7 in 10 adult cigarette smokers want to quit [ 3 ], cessation rates remain alarmingly low. For example, the percentage of smokers reporting a serious quit attempt has significantly increased in recent years from 51.2% in 2011 to 55.0% in 2014; however, successful abstinence has remained unchanged at approximately 20% during the same period [ 4 ]. Notably, the number of serious quit attempts is well below the 80% objective outlined in Healthy People 2020 [ 5 ].…”

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More to gain: dietary energy density is related to smoking status in US adults

2018

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BackgroundGiven the current prevalence of both cigarette use and obesity in the United States, identification of dietary patterns that reduce mortality risk are important public health priorities. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the correlation between cigarette use and dietary energy density, a marker for diet quality, in a population of current smokers, former smokers, and never smokers.MethodsData from a nationally representative sample of 5293 adults who participated in the 2013–2014 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES) were analyzed. Specific survey procedures were used in the analysis to account for sample weights, unequal selection probability, and clustered design when evaluating the association between dietary energy density (ED, energy per weight of food, kcal/g) and current smoking status. Never smokers reported < 100 lifetime cigarettes. Smokers were identified as individuals reporting > 100 lifetime cigarettes and current smoking status was recorded as daily, some days (nondaily), or not at all (former).ResultsA strong linear relationship was observed between smoking pattern and dietary ED in current smokers. Compared to never smokers, daily smokers and nondaily smokers have significantly higher dietary ED (1.79 vs. 2.02 and 1.88, respectively; both p < 0.05); demonstrating that any amount of current cigarette consumption is associated with poor diet. Though former smokers had a higher dietary ED than never smokers, this difference still significantly lower than that of current smokers (p = 0.002).ConclusionThese findings suggest that smoking status is associated with poor diet quality. Former smokers had a slightly lower ED value (1.84) than current non-daily smokers (1.89) but a higher value than never smokers (1.79).

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Trends in serious quit attempts in the United States, 2009–14

Abstract: Background and aims Quitting smoking is the most potent way to reduce the health risks associated with smoking cig-

Cited by 13 publications

References 17 publications

Managing nicotine without smoke to save lives now: Evidence for harm minimization

Managing nicotine without smoke to save lives now: Evidence for harm minimization

Harm Minimization and Tobacco Control: Reframing Societal Views of Nicotine Use to Rapidly Save Lives

More to gain: dietary energy density is related to smoking status in US adults

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