Kale, Dimitra;
Pickering, Alan;
Cooper, Andrew;
(2023)
Electronic cigarette use among adult smokers: longitudinal associations with smoking and trait impulsivity.
Journal of Substance Use
10.1080/14659891.2023.2275015.
(In press).
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Abstract
Objective: The present exploratory study uses a longitudinal design to assess the associations between electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use and cigarette smoking, motivation to quit and trait impulsivity among adult smokers. // Methods: One hundred and sixteen cigarette smokers only and ninety-one dual users (smoke cigarettes and use e-cigarettes) were recruited (mean age [standard deviation] = 25.11[6.94], male = 48.3%). Participants were recruited online and 121 were followed-up at 3 months. Participants completed online questionnaires regarding socio-demographics, smoking/e-cigarette use characteristics and trait impulsivity at baseline, and they self-reported their smoking status at 3-month follow-up. // Results: The use of e-cigarettes in cigarette smokers was associated with a higher rate of stopping cigarette smoking at follow-up, relative to smokers who did not use e-cigarettes (χ2[1] = 11.03, p < 0.01). Multivariate logistic regressions controlling for age and gender showed a significant association between motivation to quit and stopping cigarette smoking at follow-up (odds ratio = 2.11, 99% Confidence Interval = 1.12–3.97, p < 0.01). There was no link between trait impulsivity and stopping cigarette smoking. // Conclusions: The data suggest that e-cigarettes may increase rates of quitting cigarette smoking.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Electronic cigarette use among adult smokers: longitudinal associations with smoking and trait impulsivity |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/14659891.2023.2275015 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/14659891.2023.2275015 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2023 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent. |
| Keywords: | E-cigarette; cigarettes; smoking cessation; impulsivity; motivation |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Behavioural Science and Health |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10181878 |
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