Effect of vaping on past-year smoking cessation success of Australians in 2019-evidence from a national survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Previous analyses of the effect of e-cigarettes on real world smoking cessation success have mainly been based on surveys undertaken in the United States and United Kingdom, where nicotine e-cigarettes can be readily obtained. In Australia, regulations have made obtaining e-cigarettes containing nicotine difficult. The effectiveness of e-cigarette use as a smoking cessation aid in Australia might therefore be lower than survey-based estimates published to date. This study aimed to estimate the effect of using e-cigarettes for a smoking cessation attempt on past-year smoking cessation success in Australia.

Design

Multivariable logistic regression models for past-year smoking cessation success.

Setting and participants

Respondents to the 2019 wave of

SUBMITTER: Chambers MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9545104 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature