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Predictors of Discontinued E-Cigarette Use at One-Year Follow-Up in a Sample of Young Adults
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 vari...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10049494/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36981678 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20064770 |
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author | Pokhrel, Pallav Kawamoto, Crissy T. Mettias, Hannah Elwir, Taha Herzog, Thaddeus |
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description | 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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spelling | pubmed-100494942023-03-29 Predictors of Discontinued E-Cigarette Use at One-Year Follow-Up in a Sample of Young Adults Pokhrel, Pallav Kawamoto, Crissy T. Mettias, Hannah Elwir, Taha Herzog, Thaddeus Int J Environ Res Public Health Article 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. MDPI 2023-03-08 /pmc/articles/PMC10049494/ /pubmed/36981678 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20064770 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Pokhrel, Pallav Kawamoto, Crissy T. Mettias, Hannah Elwir, Taha Herzog, Thaddeus Predictors of Discontinued E-Cigarette Use at One-Year Follow-Up in a Sample of Young Adults |
title | Predictors of Discontinued E-Cigarette Use at One-Year Follow-Up in a Sample of Young Adults |
title_full | Predictors of Discontinued E-Cigarette Use at One-Year Follow-Up in a Sample of Young Adults |
title_fullStr | Predictors of Discontinued E-Cigarette Use at One-Year Follow-Up in a Sample of Young Adults |
title_full_unstemmed | Predictors of Discontinued E-Cigarette Use at One-Year Follow-Up in a Sample of Young Adults |
title_short | Predictors of Discontinued E-Cigarette Use at One-Year Follow-Up in a Sample of Young Adults |
title_sort | predictors of discontinued e-cigarette use at one-year follow-up in a sample of young adults |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10049494/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36981678 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20064770 |
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