Factors Associated with Quit Interest and Quit Attempts among Young Adult JUUL Users

Alalwan, Mahmood A.; Singer, Jill M.; Roberts, Megan E.

doi:10.3390/ijerph19031403

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“…Several young people who experiment with tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, stop using the products after some time [ 10 , 11 ]. Existing findings on predictors of future e-cigarette use cessation among young adults are consistent to the extent that higher nicotine dependence and lower e-cigarette use harm perceptions appear to reduce the likelihood of use discontinuation [ 8 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 ]. In addition, research tends to show that dual users of cigarettes and e-cigarettes at baseline are less likely to stop using either or both products during study period [ 16 , 17 ].…”

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Predictors of Discontinued E-Cigarette Use at One-Year Follow-Up in a Sample of Young Adults

Pokhrel

Kawamoto

Mettias

et al. 2023

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Background: Currently, the research on factors associated with young adults’ discontinuation of e-cigarette use behavior is limited. This study tested the predictors of self-reported e-cigarette abstinence at one-year follow-up among young adult baseline current e-cigarette users. The following variables were tested as predictors: demographics, cigarette smoking, e-cigarette use dependence, e-cigarette use duration, harm perceptions, and preferred aspects of e-cigarette use, including sensations, flavor, and device characteristics. Methods: Data were provided at two time-points one year apart by 435 ethnically diverse young adults (M age = 22.3, SD = 3.1; 63% women) who reported current e-cigarette use at baseline. Results: Approximately 42% of those who reported current e-cigarette use at baseline (i.e., 184 out of 435 participants) reported discontinuation of e-cigarette use at one-year follow-up. Results indicated that higher e-cigarette dependence, longer history of e-cigarette use, lower e-cigarette harm perceptions, greater preference for both menthol and sweet flavors, for open-pod-based devices, and for e-cigarette use sensations such as buzz, taste and smell of flavors, and throat hit at baseline were associated with lower likelihood of e-cigarette use discontinuation at one-year follow-up. Conclusions: Characteristics associated with nicotine (e.g., dependence) and flavors (e.g., taste and smell) appear to drive the continuation/discontinuation of e-cigarette use among young adults. Thus, cessation strategies may need to be developed with a focus on dependence and harm perceptions related to nicotine and flavors. Furthermore, better regulating open-pod-based devices and sweet–menthol flavors may help e-cigarette use prevention.

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Predictors of Discontinued E-Cigarette Use at One-Year Follow-Up in a Sample of Young Adults

Pokhrel

Kawamoto

Mettias

et al. 2023

IJERPH

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“…In addition, similar to conventional cigarettes, most users of electronic cigarettes want to quit, but may find it difficult to do so as they experience symptoms of nicotine withdrawal and cravings. 25,69 Methods to treat electronic cigarette use are not yet well-established. 70 "Safety" of Vapor…”

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Anesthesiologists and the Other Pandemic: Tobacco Use

Warner

2022

Anesthesiology

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Tobacco use will kill a projected 1 billion people in the 21st century in one of the deadliest pandemics in history. Tobacco use disorder is a disease with a natural history, pathophysiology, and effective treatment options. Anesthesiologists can play a unique role in fighting this pandemic, providing both immediate (reduction in perioperative risk) and long-term (reduction in tobacco-related diseases) benefits to their patients who are its victims. Receiving surgery is one of the most powerful stimuli to quit tobacco. Tobacco treatments that combine counseling and pharmacotherapy (e.g., nicotine replacement therapy) can further increase quit rates and reduce risk of morbidity such as pulmonary and wound-related complications. The perioperative setting provides a great opportunity to implement multimodal perianesthesia tobacco treatment, which combines multiple evidence-based tactics to implement the four core components of consistent ascertainment and documentation of tobacco use, advice to quit, access to pharmacotherapy, and referral to counseling resources.

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“…Work conducted to date suggests that many adolescent and young adult e-cigarette users report an interest in quitting vaping (43-85%) and have attempted to do so (25-67%) [19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]. Several factors have been found to be associated with quitting-related intentions and behaviour among young people, including (i) perceiving e-cigarette use to be harmful to health and likely to lead to dependence [20,21,27], (ii) being concerned about the health and addiction risks associated with e-cigarette use [22,23,[28][29][30][31], (iii) disapproval of use by important others [22,31,32], (iv) absence of use among family and friends [20,27], (v) having limited access to e-cigarettes [29],…”

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“…(vi) device cost [22,28,30,31,33] and (vii) exposure to anti-vaping messages [21,34]. Results relating to gender are mixed, with some studies finding that men are more likely than women to report intentions to quit [20,21] and others finding no difference [19,25,35].…”

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Quitting intentions and behaviours among young Australian e‐cigarette users

Jongenelis,

Gill,

Lawrence

et al. 2024

Addiction

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Background and aimsWith the prevalence of e‐cigarette use among Australian youth increasing significantly in recent years, greater attention is being paid to encouraging and supporting cessation. However, research to inform such efforts is lacking. The present study sought to (i) measure desire to quit e‐cigarette use and actual quitting attempts among young Australians and (ii) explore correlates of quitting‐related cognitions and behaviours.Design, setting and participantsThis was a cross‐sectional on‐line survey conducted in Australia. The participants were 14−25‐year‐old e‐cigarette users (n = 602; 53% women).MeasurementsDesire to quit vaping and attempts to quit vaping were the primary dependent variables. The independent variables included several individual (e.g. harm perceptions, perceived appeal of vapes), social (descriptive norms) and environmental (e.g. ease of e‐cigarette access) factors.FindingsA majority of respondents (61%) expressed a desire to quit vaping, and just over half (55%) had made a quit attempt. Finding vapes easy to access was associated with both a lack of desire [odds ratio (OR) = 0.71] and attempts to quit (OR = 0.77), while self‐reported addiction to vaping (OR = 1.42 and OR = 3.11) and perceiving vaping to be associated with mental health risks (OR = 1.30 and OR = 1.40) were positively correlated with these variables. Perceiving that vaping is common among people of one’s age (OR = 0.82) and finding vapes appealing (OR = 0.55) were associated with a lack of desire to quit, while perceiving vaping to have physical health risks was positively associated with quitting desire (OR = 1.58). School‐based education on vaping was associated with reporting an attempt/s to quit (OR = 0.47).ConclusionsThis survey of young Australian e‐cigarette users suggests a high level of desire to quit using e‐cigarettes and attempts to quit. Increasing knowledge regarding the physical and mental health risks associated with e‐cigarette use may assist with promoting quitting‐related intentions. Changing social norms, reducing the accessibility of e‐cigarettes and reducing the appeal of the products also constitute potential means of increasing the desire to quit.

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Factors Associated with Quit Interest and Quit Attempts among Young Adult JUUL Users

Cited by 8 publications

References 25 publications

Predictors of Discontinued E-Cigarette Use at One-Year Follow-Up in a Sample of Young Adults

Predictors of Discontinued E-Cigarette Use at One-Year Follow-Up in a Sample of Young Adults

Anesthesiologists and the Other Pandemic: Tobacco Use

Quitting intentions and behaviours among young Australian e‐cigarette users

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