ArticleAmerican journal of public health2015
E-cigarette use in the past and quitting behavior in the future: a population-based study.
Article in American journal of public health, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 86 papers, 12 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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86 citing papers in PubMed, 12 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of the association between e-cigarette use and cigarette abstinence or changes in continued cigarette smoking among individuals who smoke cigarettes.Harm reduction journal · 2026Pooled it
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- Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled 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
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- Overview of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems: A Systematic Review.American journal of preventive medicine · 2017Pooled it
- E-cigarettes and smoking cessation in real-world and clinical settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The Lancet. Respiratory medicine · 2016Pooled it
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- A Naturalistic, Randomized Pilot Trial of E-Cigarettes: Uptake, Exposure, and Behavioral Effects.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2017Trial
- Effect of electronic cigarettes on the change of Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence scores during 1-year follow-up.Korean journal of family medicine · 2025Article
- E-cigarette and cannabis use among current and recently quit smokers: Co-use and Co-cessation.Addictive behaviors reports · 2025Article
- Changes in e-cigarette use and subsequent cigarette smoking cessation in the USA: evidence from a prospective PATH study, 2013-2018.Tobacco control · 2024Article
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- Effect of electronic cigarette and tobacco smoking on the human saliva microbial community.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectivesWe examined whether smokers who used e-cigarettes are more likely to quit after 1 year than smokers who had never used e-cigarettes.
methodsWe surveyed California smokers (n = 1000) at 2 time points 1 year apart. We conducted logistic regression analyses to determine whether history of e-cigarette use at baseline predicted quitting behavior at follow-up, adjusting for demographics and smoking behavior at baseline. We limited analyses to smokers who reported consistent e-cigarette behavior at baseline and follow-up.
resultsCompared with smokers who never used e-cigarettes, smokers who ever used e-cigarettes were significantly less likely to decrease cigarette consumption (odds ratio [OR] = 0.51; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.30, 0.87), and significantly less likely to quit for 30 days or more at follow-up (OR = 0.41; 95% CI = 0.18, 0.93). Ever-users of e-cigarettes were more likely to report a quit attempt, although this was not statistically significant (OR = 1.15; 95% CI = 0.67, 1.97).
conclusionsSmokers who have used e-cigarettes may be at increased risk for not being able to quit smoking. These findings, which need to be confirmed by longer-term cohort studies, have important policy and regulation implications regarding the use of e-cigarettes among smokers.
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