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Prevalence and Correlates of Switching to Another Tobacco Product to Quit Smoking Cigarettes
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5 2015
Source: Nicotine Tob Res. 17(5):622-627 -
Alternative Title:Nicotine Tob Res
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Description:Introduction:
The extent to which adults use other tobacco products to quit cigarette smoking is unknown. Using nationally representative data, we assessed the prevalence and correlates of cigarette smokers who tried switching to smokeless tobacco (SLT) or to other combusted tobacco to quit.
Methods:
Data came from 12,400 current or former adult smokers who made a quit attempt in the past year and responded to the 2010-2011 Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey. Demographics and smoking characteristics were computed among those switching to SLT, switching to other combusted tobacco, or trying to quit without using either strategy. Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression models identified correlates of using each strategy.
Results:
Overall, 3.1% of smokers tried switching to SLT to quit, 2.2% tried switching to other combusted tobacco, and 0.6% tried both strategies. Correlates of switching to SLT were being male, young or middle-aged, from a region other than the northeast, a current nondaily smoker, smoking within 30 minutes of waking, and using medication during the last quit attempt; those who were black or Hispanic had lower odds of switching to SLT to quit. Correlates of switching to other combusted products were being male, black, young adult, smoking within 30 minutes of waking, and using counseling or medication during the last quit attempt.
Conclusion:
Specific demographic groups report switching to other tobacco products to quit; data can be used to strengthen tobacco cessation efforts and to further understand attempts by certain groups to minimize harm from cigarette smoking.
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Pubmed ID:25239959
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC10119870
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