Trends in E-cigarette Use in Callers to the Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

E-cigarette use has been increasing for years with a limited understanding of how to help users quit. Quit lines are a potential resource for e-cigarette cessation. Our objective was to characterize e-cigarette users who call state quit lines and to examine trends in e-cigarette use by callers.

Methods

This retrospective study examined data from adult callers to the Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line from July 2016 through November 2020, including demographics, tobacco product use, motivations for use, and intentions to quit. Descriptive analyses were performed by age group with pairwise comparisons.

Results

A total of 26,705 encounters were handled by the Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line during the study period. E-cigarettes were used by 11% of callers. Young adults

SUBMITTER: Williams BS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10345946 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature