Roll-your-own cigarette use and smoking cessation behaviour: a cross-sectional population study in England.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Roll-your-own (RYO) cigarettes have become popular in the UK and reduce the cost of smoking, potentially mitigating the impact of tax increases on quitting. We examined whether RYO cigarette use was associated with reduced motivation to quit smoking, incidence of quit attempts and quit success.

Design

Cross-sectional survey.

Setting

England.

Participants

38 590 adults who reported currently smoking or having stopped within the past 12 months.

Main outcome measures

Motivation to quit smoking, quit attempt in the last year, motives for quitting and quit success were regressed onto RYO cigarette use, adjusting for sociodemographic variables and level of cigarette addiction. Mediation by weekly spending on smoking was tested.

Results

Compar

SUBMITTER: Jackson SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6286476 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature