Examining e-cigarette purchases and cessation in a consumer panel of smokers.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Examine correlates of initiation of e-cigarette use among smokers and determine the impact of e-cigarette use on cessation among smokers in a national U.S. consumer panel.

Methods

This study used the Nielsen Homescan Panel data from 2011 to 2013, augmented with state-specific measures of tobacco control activities, to examine 1) correlates of single and repeat e-cigarette purchasing among panelists currently purchasing cigarettes; and 2) correlates of "cessation". Participating panelists scanned all retail purchases, and Nielsen recorded over 3 million product types. The key explanatory variable for cessation was e-cigarette purchase. Parallel analysis was conducted for conventional nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) purchase. Cessation was defined as no purchases

SUBMITTER: Cahn Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6703834 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature