Stopping use of E-cigarettes and smoking combustible cigarettes: findings from a large longitudinal digital smoking cessation intervention study in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Digital interventions have been widely implemented to promote tobacco cessation. However, implementations of these interventions have not yet considered how participants' e-cigarette use may influence their quitting outcomes. We explored the association of e-cigarette use and quitting smoking within the context of a study testing a digital tobacco cessation intervention among individuals in the United States who were 18 years and older, smoked combustible cigarettes, and enrolled in the intervention between August 2017 and March 2019.

Results

We identified four e-cigarette user groups (n = 990) based on the participants' baseline and six-month e-cigarette use (non-users, n = 621; recently started users, n = 60; sustained users, n = 187; recently stopped users, n = 

SUBMITTER: Lee DN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11438106 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature