Alternative Tobacco Product Use and Smoking Cessation

A National Study

Bibliographic Data

ID11019481
AuthorsLucy Popova (0000-0002-3450-4579, The authors are with the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, University of California, San Francisco. Pamela M. Ling is also with the Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.), Pamela M Ling (0000-0001-6166-9347, The authors are with the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, University of California, San Francisco. Pamela M. Ling is also with the Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.)
Year2013
Volume103
Issue5
Pages923-930
Publication date2013-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2012.301070
PMID23488521
PMCIDPMC3661190
OpenAlexW2114014638
LanguageEN
Citations received37
References cited37

Objectives. We investigated the frequency of alternative tobacco product use (loose leaf, moist snuff, snus, dissolvables, electronic cigarettes [e-cigarettes]) among smokers and the association with quit attempts and intentions. Methods. A nationally representative probability-based cross-sectional survey of 1836 current or recently former adult smokers was completed in November 2011. Multivariate logistic regressions evaluated associations between alternative tobacco product use and smoking cessation behaviors. Results. Of the smokers, 38% had tried an alternative tobacco product, most frequently e-cigarettes. Alternative tobacco product use was associated with having made a quit attempt, and those intending to quit were significantly more likely to have tried and to currently use the products than were smokers with no intentions to quit. Use was not associated with successful quit attempts. Interest in future use of alternative tobacco products was low, except for e-cigarettes. Conclusions. Alternative tobacco products are attractive to smokers who want to quit smoking, but these data did not indicate that alternative tobacco products promote cessation. Unsubstantiated overt and implied claims that alternative tobacco products aid smoking cessation should be prohibited

Cross-sectional study · Environmental health · Logistic regression · Population · Product (mathematics) · Smokeless tobacco · Smoking cessation · Snuff · Snus · Tobacco harm reduction · Tobacco product · Tobacco use · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling · Medicine · Smoking Behavior and Cessation

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