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Quit Methods Used by American Smokers, 2013–2014
This report describes the quit methods used in the past 12 months by current and former smokers in the baseline Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study during 2013–2014. Descriptive statistics were used to report the use of single and two or more quit methods; survey weights were us...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5708042/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29149048 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14111403 |
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author | Rodu, Brad Plurphanswat, Nantaporn |
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description | This report describes the quit methods used in the past 12 months by current and former smokers in the baseline Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study during 2013–2014. Descriptive statistics were used to report the use of single and two or more quit methods; survey weights were used to compute population estimates. Logistic regression was used to estimate the association between past year former smokers and single quit method, including individual characteristics. Results: Of 11,402 current smokers and 4919 former smokers, 4541 had tried and 839 had quit in the past 12 months. Unaided quit attempts were the most common; the number was almost as high as all single methods combined (n = 1797 and n = 1831 respectively). The most frequently used single method was help from friends and family (n = 676) followed by e-cigarettes (n = 587). Use of e-cigarettes was the only method with higher odds of users being a former smoker than unaided attempts (OR = 1.42, 95% CI 1.12–1.81). Current use of e-cigarettes among current (34%) and former (54%) smokers was significantly higher than current use of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT). Conclusions: In 2013–2014 e-cigarettes were used by American adult smokers as quit-smoking aids more frequently than NRT products or prescription drugs. |
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spelling | pubmed-57080422017-12-05 Quit Methods Used by American Smokers, 2013–2014 Rodu, Brad Plurphanswat, Nantaporn Int J Environ Res Public Health Article This report describes the quit methods used in the past 12 months by current and former smokers in the baseline Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study during 2013–2014. Descriptive statistics were used to report the use of single and two or more quit methods; survey weights were used to compute population estimates. Logistic regression was used to estimate the association between past year former smokers and single quit method, including individual characteristics. Results: Of 11,402 current smokers and 4919 former smokers, 4541 had tried and 839 had quit in the past 12 months. Unaided quit attempts were the most common; the number was almost as high as all single methods combined (n = 1797 and n = 1831 respectively). The most frequently used single method was help from friends and family (n = 676) followed by e-cigarettes (n = 587). Use of e-cigarettes was the only method with higher odds of users being a former smoker than unaided attempts (OR = 1.42, 95% CI 1.12–1.81). Current use of e-cigarettes among current (34%) and former (54%) smokers was significantly higher than current use of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT). Conclusions: In 2013–2014 e-cigarettes were used by American adult smokers as quit-smoking aids more frequently than NRT products or prescription drugs. MDPI 2017-11-17 2017-11 /pmc/articles/PMC5708042/ /pubmed/29149048 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14111403 Text en © 2017 by the authors. 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 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Rodu, Brad Plurphanswat, Nantaporn Quit Methods Used by American Smokers, 2013–2014 |
title | Quit Methods Used by American Smokers, 2013–2014 |
title_full | Quit Methods Used by American Smokers, 2013–2014 |
title_fullStr | Quit Methods Used by American Smokers, 2013–2014 |
title_full_unstemmed | Quit Methods Used by American Smokers, 2013–2014 |
title_short | Quit Methods Used by American Smokers, 2013–2014 |
title_sort | quit methods used by american smokers, 2013–2014 |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5708042/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29149048 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14111403 |
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