Association of electronic cigarette vaping and subsequent smoking relapse among former smokers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Former combustible cigarette smokers who vape e-cigarettes after quitting smoking may experience health benefits if post-quit vaping prevents smoking relapse.

Methods

Former combustible cigarette smokers aged >18 that were recent (quit ≤ 12 months) or long-term (quit > 12 months) quitters at baseline were re-surveyed at 1-year follow-up in the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) U.S. nationally-representative longitudinal study. Associations of baseline e-cigarette vaping status (never use, prior use, current occasional use, and current regular use) and smoking relapse (vs. abstinence) at follow-up were estimated.

Results

Among recent quitters (N = 884), the prevalence of follow-up smoking relapse was 31.6%, 39.0%, 51.6%, and 31.9% among neve

SUBMITTER: Dai H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6743978 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature