Heated tobacco product use and its relationship to quitting combustible cigarettes in Korean adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We assessed the prevalence of, and factors associated with, heated tobacco product (HTP) use and analysed the association between HTP use and quitting combustible cigarettes (CCs) in Korean adults.

Methods

We conducted an online survey with 7,000 adults (males, 2,300; females, 4,700; ages 20-69) out of 70,000 age-, sex- and provincial-distribution-matched individuals based on 2018 national population statistics. Females were oversampled because the prevalence of tobacco product use is very low among women in Korea. Chi-square tests were used for bivariate analyses, and odds ratios were assessed after adjusting for sociodemographic variables.

Results

The prevalence of current CC, electronic cigarette (EC), and HTP use was 24.8% (males, 40.4%; females, 9.3%),

SUBMITTER: Kim J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8104442 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature