Daily or Nondaily Vaping and Smoking Cessation Among Smokers.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

An important public health goal is to increase tobacco cessation, but there is limited research on associations of vaping with tobacco cessation.

Objective

To estimate the association of vaping with long-term tobacco cessation among US cigarette smokers who used electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS; ie, e-cigarettes) in 2017.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study used a nationally representative sample of US cigarette smokers from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health cohort at wave 4 (2017) with follow-up at wave 6 (2021). Data were analyzed from June 2023 to June 2024.

Exposure

Wave 4 ENDS use: daily, nondaily, or no use.

Main outcomes and measures

The primary outcomes were 12 or more months' abstinence from cig

SUBMITTER: Quach NE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11883493 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature