ArticleJournal of substance abuse treatment2015
E-cigarette knowledge, attitudes, and use in opioid dependent smokers.
Article in Journal of substance abuse treatment, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
36 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 46 citations in OpenAlex.
- Are Electronic Cigarettes an Effective Aid to Smoking Cessation or Reduction Among Vulnerable Groups? A Systematic Review of Quantitative and Qualitative Evidence.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2019Pooled it
- How do we determine the impact of e-cigarettes on cigarette smoking cessation or reduction? Review and recommendations for answering the research question with scientific rigor.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2018Pooled it
- Overview of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems: A Systematic Review.American journal of preventive medicine · 2017Pooled it
- Vaping to quit smoking: Qualitative study of people receiving opioid agonist treatment.Drug and alcohol review · 2025Trial
- Effect of brief nicotine corrective messaging on nicotine beliefs in persons who use opioids.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2022Trial
- Use of multiple tobacco products in a national sample of persons enrolled in addiction treatment.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2016Trial
- An Open Trial of Electronic Cigarettes for Smoking Cessation Among Methadone-Maintained Smokers.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2016Trial
- Longitudinal associations between substance use problem severity and relative harm perceptions of e-cigarettes compared with cigarettes: Results from the United States Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health study (2013-2023).Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2026Article
- Design of a randomized tobacco cessation trial among FDNY World Trade Center responders in a lung cancer screening program.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2025Article
- Vaping Under the Microscope: Unpacking Iranian Dentists' Insights on Electronic Cigarettes and Their Impact on Oral Health.Addiction & health · 2025Article
- A network approach to the symptom-level associations between smoking and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among young adults exposed to childhood sexual abuse.Journal of global health · 2023Article
- The association between dual use of electronic nicotine products and illicit drugs with adverse cardiovascular and respiratory outcomes in a longitudinal analysis using the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) survey.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2023Article
- Using an experimental tobacco marketplace to pilot test the substitutability of JUUL e-cigarettes and other alternative nicotine and tobacco products for conventional cigarettes among vulnerable populations.Preventive medicine · 2022Article
- Interest in Electronic Cigarettes for Smoking Cessation Among Adults With Opioid Use Disorder in Buprenorphine Treatment: A Mixed-Methods Investigation.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2022Article
- Perceptions of E-cigarettes among adults in treatment for opioid use disorder.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2022Article
- Correlates of e-cigarette use for smoking cessation among clients in residential substance use disorder treatment.Addictive behaviors · 2021Article
- Nicotine and cannabis vaping among adolescents in treatment for substance use disorders.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2021Article
- Harm Perceptions of E-cigarettes Among Smokers With and Without Mental Health Conditions in England: A Cross-Sectional Population Survey.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2021Article
- Electronic cigarettes: A position statement from the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand.Respirology (Carlton, Vic.) · 2020Review
- Tobacco use and harm perceptions among Appalachian youth.Preventive medicine reports · 2020Article
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Abstract
Individuals in treatment for opioid dependence have smoking rates 3-5 times greater than the U.S. prevalence rate. Traditional smoking cessation strategies have been ineffective in this population. Novel approaches are needed as well as harm reduction avenues. E-cigarettes (e-cigs) may provide such a novel harm reduction and cessation opportunity, but little is known about the knowledge of, attitudes about, and usage of e-cigs in opioid dependent smokers. The current study enrolled 315 opioid dependent smokers (164 methadone, 151 buprenorphine), treated in the same health system in Fall River, Massachusetts. The sample was 49.7% male and 85.1% non-Latino White. Overall 98.7% had heard of e-cigs, 73.0% had ever tried e-cigs, and 33.8% had used e-cigs in the past 30 days. The most common reasons for use were curiosity (41.4%) and to quit all nicotine (26.0%). The proportion of opioid dependent smokers that had ever tried e-cigs and used them in the past month was substantially greater than that found in recent general population surveys. While e-cigs have been used to quit smoking, how to optimize their utility as a cessation tool remains undefined. E-cigs should be a part of smoking cessation discussions with this vulnerable, difficult-to-treat population.
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