The Potential That Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems Can be a Disruptive Technology: Results From a National Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This study evaluates the reasons for use and acceptance of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) among current and former cigarette smokers to assess if ENDS may become a satisfying alternative to cigarettes.

Methods

Data are from a national probability sample of 5717 US adults, surveyed June-November 2014. The survey contained questions on awareness, usage, and reasons for use of traditional and novel tobacco products. The analytic sample was current and former smokers who ever used ENDS (n = 729) and was divided into four mutually exclusive categories. Among the 585 current smokers, 337 were no longer using ENDS ("E-Cig Rejecters"), and 248 were continuing to use both ENDS and cigarettes ("E-Cig Dual Users"). Among 144 former cigarette smokers, 101 were

SUBMITTER: Pechacek TF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5016845 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature