ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2017
Why Don't More Smokers Switch to Using E-Cigarettes: The Views of Confirmed Smokers.
Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.
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25 citing papers in PubMed.
- IQOSInternational journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Trial
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- Scoping of Policy Impacts for Regulating E-cigarettes (SPIRE): findings from a data and decision analytic model mapping project.NIHR open research · 2025Article
- To use or not to use electronic cigarettes? Reasons for use, stopping use and their behavioural sequelae among Mexicans who smoke.Tobacco control · 2024Article
- How do users compare the costs between nicotine vaping products and cigarettes? Findings from the 2016-2020 International Tobacco Control United States surveys.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2024Article
- E-cigarette support for smoking cessation: Identifying the effectiveness of intervention components in an on-line randomized optimization experiment.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2023Article
- Cigarette Smoking Abstinence Among Pregnant Individuals Using E-Cigarettes or Nicotine Replacement Therapy.JAMA network open · 2023Article
- US adult smokers' perceived relative risk on ENDS and its effects on their transitions between cigarettes and ENDS.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Differences in cigarette smoking quit attempts and cessation between adults who did and did not take up nicotine vaping: Findings from the ITC four country smoking and vaping surveys.Addictive behaviors · 2022Article
- Bridging: Accelerating Regulatory Acceptance of Reduced-Risk Tobacco and Nicotine Products.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2022Review
- Facilitators and barriers for harm reduction after first use of novel nicotine delivery devices: a qualitative investigation of cigarette smokers.BMC psychology · 2022Article
- Drug and alcohol dependence acute effects of pod-style e-cigarettes in vaping-naïve smokers.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2021Article
- What Motivates Smokers to Switch to ENDS? A Qualitative Study of Perceptions and Use.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Who is using and why: Prevalence and perceptions of using and not using electronic cigarettes in a statewide survey of adults.Addictive behaviors reports · 2019Article
- Young adult dual combusted cigarette and e-cigarette users' anticipated responses to hypothetical e-cigarette market restrictions.Substance use & misuse · 2019Article
- Dual use of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) and smoked tobacco: a qualitative analysis.Tobacco control · 2019Article
- Who are the smokers who never plan to quit and what do they think about the risks of using tobacco products?Addictive behaviors · 2018Article
- Tobacco use in cardiac patients: Perceptions, use, and changes after a recent myocardial infarction among US adults in the PATH study (2013-2015).Preventive medicine · 2018Article
- About One in Five Novice Vapers Buying Their First E-Cigarette in a Vape Shop Are Smoking Abstinent after Six Months.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
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Abstract
Whilst e-cigarettes have been characterised by Public Health England as being around 95% less harmful than combustible tobacco products, only a minority of current smokers (around 16% within the UK) are using these devices. In this paper we report the results of an online survey of 650 smokers in contact with a smokers' rights group in the UK. A total of 91% of the smokers surveyed were smoking on a daily basis. Fifty nine percent reported having used electronic nicotine delivery systems, the majority of whom reported having used e-cigarettes. Those smokers that had not used these devices principally explained this in terms of the pleasure they derived from smoking. The features smokers' liked most about e-cigarette had to do with the range of settings in which they could be used, the lack of an offensive smell associated with their use, the available flavours and the reduced level of harm. The elements which smokers liked least about e-cigarettes had to do with the vaping experience, the technology, the chemical nature of e-liquids and the complex technology that was associated with these devices. If a greater number of smokers are to be encouraged to take up e-cigarettes, it will be necessary not only to convey accurate information on the relative harm of these devices (compared to combustible tobacco products), but to ensure that they are able to be used in a wider range of settings than those within which smoking can currently occur and that the vaping experience more closely resembles the smoking experience.
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