Indicators of cigarette smoking dependence and relapse in former smokers who vape compared with those who do not: findings from the 2016 International Tobacco Control Four Country Smoking and Vaping Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

It has been proposed that many smokers switch to vaping because their nicotine addiction makes this their only viable route out of smoking. We compared indicators of prior and current cigarette smoking dependence and of relapse in former smokers who were daily users of nicotine vaping products ('vapers') or who were not vaping at the time of survey ('non-vapers').

Design

Cross-sectional survey-based comparison between vaping and non-vaping former smokers, including a weighted logistic regression of vaping status onto predictor variables, adjusting for covariates specified below.

Setting

United States, Canada, Australia and England.

Participants

A total of 1070 people aged 18+ years from the 2016 International Tobacco Control (ITC) Four Count

SUBMITTER: McNeill A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7065300 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature