Abstract
Introduction: This study examined the association between the introduction of an e-cigarette and subsequent change in cigarette smoking among smokers who were not immediately interested in quitting. Aims and Methods: The Moment Study was a 21-day intensive longitudinal study with an online follow-up survey at 30 days. After observing baseline cigarette smoking for 1 week, participants received 10 cigalike e-cigarettes on study days 6 and 13. Participants reported cigarettes per day, e-cigarette puffs per day, and e-cigarette satisfaction using text-message-based surveys. Results: The sample of 96 daily smokers was majority female (53.1%), African American (67.7%), and non-Hispanic (95.8%). When e-cigarettes were provided (day 6), average cigarettes per day dropped by 1.82 cigarettes (p <. 0001). The within-person e-cigarette puff effect on daily cigarette smoking was significantly negative (β =-0.023; p =. 005); a participant who consumed 100 more e-cigarette puffs in a day than usual for that person was expected to smoke 2.3 fewer cigarettes that day, but this was only true for non-menthol smokers (p =. 006). Smokers older than 45 and those who started smoking at a younger age rated e-cigarettes as less satisfying (ps <. 05). Participants with greater than the median reported satisfaction were 6.5 times more likely to use an e-cigarette at follow-up. Conclusions: Giving e-cigarettes to smokers who did not intend to quit reduced their cigarette smoking on days when they used e-cigarette more frequently, but this relationship did not hold for menthol smokers. Satisfaction with e-cigarette use was predictive of continued use 30 days later. Implications: A greater amount of cigalike e-cigarette use resulted in less smoking among adult daily smokers without immediate plans to quit, but a lack of nicotine delivery and satisfaction for these devices may have limited their utility as a replacement for cigarette smoking, especially among menthol smokers. The global concept of "satisfaction"may be an important driver of e-cigarette use among adult smokers.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 527-534 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Nicotine and Tobacco Research |
Volume | 23 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 1 2021 |
Keywords
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Cigarette Smoking/epidemiology
- Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems/statistics & numerical data
- Female
- Humans
- Longitudinal Studies
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Personal Satisfaction
- Smokers/psychology
- Smoking Cessation/methods
- Surveys and Questionnaires
- Vaping/epidemiology
- Young Adult
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health