Association between changes in harm perceptions and e-cigarette use among current tobacco smokers in England: a time series analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is a decreasing trend in the proportion of individuals who perceive e-cigarettes to be less harmful than conventional cigarettes across the UK, Europe and the US. It is important to assess whether this may influence the use of e-cigarettes. We aimed to estimate, using a time series approach, whether changes in harm perceptions among current tobacco smokers have been associated with changes in the prevalence of e-cigarette use in England, with and without stratification by age, sex and social grade.

Methods

Respondents were from the Smoking Toolkit Study, which involves monthly cross-sectional household surveys of individuals aged 16+ years in England. Data were aggregated monthly on ~ 300 current tobacco smokers between 2014 and 2019. The outcome variable wa

SUBMITTER: Perski O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7201665 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature