A qualitative study of e-cigarette use among young people in Ireland: Incentives, disincentives, and putative cessation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Smoking prevalence in Ireland is falling in all age groups, but e-cigarette use is rising among young people. This qualitative study explores young people's accounts of e-cigarette use in Ireland.

Methods

Semi-structured individual (22) and focus group (8) interviews were conducted with 62 young people aged 18-22 years, recruited from a higher-education institution and youth organisations working with early school-leavers across Dublin. All were smokers or ex-smokers; 41 had tried e-cigarettes, 11 continued as dual users. We identified themes using thematic data analysis.

Results

Three broad themes were identified: incentivising features, disincentivising features, and ambivalent and unsuccessful cessation, named putative smoking cessation. Incentivising fe

SUBMITTER: Hanafin J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7769428 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature