Vaping and socioeconomic inequalities in smoking cessation and relapse: a longitudinal analysis of the UK Household Longitudinal Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Smoking is a key cause of socioeconomic health inequalities. Vaping is considered less harmful than smoking and has become a popular smoking cessation aid, and therefore has potential to reduce inequalities in smoking.

Methods

We used longitudinal data from 25 102 participants in waves 8-10 (2016 to early 2020) of the UK Household Longitudinal Study to examine how vaping affects socioeconomic inequalities in smoking cessation and relapse. Marginal structural models were used to investigate whether vaping mediates or moderates associations between educational attainment and smoking cessation and relapse over time. Multiple imputation and weights were used to adjust for missing data.

Results

Respondents without degrees were less likely to stop smoking than th

SUBMITTER: Hardie I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11672026 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature