Quit Methods Used by US Adult Cigarette Smokers, 2014–2016

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• Journal Article:
  Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD)
• Personal Author:
  Caraballo, Ralph S. ; Shafer, Paul R. ; Patel, Deesha ; Davis, Kevin C. ; McAfee, Timothy A.
• Description:
  To quantify the prevalence of 10 quit methods commonly used by adult cigarette smokers, we used data from a nationally representative longitudinal (2014-2016) online survey of US adult cigarette smokers (n = 15,943). Overall, 74.7% of adult current cigarette smokers used multiple quit methods during their most recent quit attempt. Giving up cigarettes all at once (65.3%) and reducing the number of cigarettes smoked (62.0%) were the most prevalent methods. Substituting some cigarettes with e-cigarettes was used by a greater percentage of smokers than the nicotine patch, nicotine gum, or other cessation aids approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. Further research into the effectiveness of e-cigarettes as a cessation aid is warranted.
• Subjects:
  Brief
• Source:
  Prev Chronic Dis. 14.
• DOI:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd14.160600
• ISSN:
  1545-1151
• Pubmed ID:
  28409740
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5392446
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  14
• Collection(s):
  Preventing Chronic Disease
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9bdbc399544d3cfb078c361362550f0abd86b75edea6d4bc18a57632c31b9deb57ac6b3ef626b1c6160adebeddc7c3a42142160c4f4ac4c0cbe26685b2746a37
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/45447/cdc_45447_DS1.pdf
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