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'A good method of quitting smoking' or 'just an alternative to smoking'? Comparative evaluations of e-cigarette and traditional cigarette usage by dual users.
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- Wanting to Be "Accepted and Heard": Perspectives About Cessation Messages From LGBTQ+ Individuals Who Dual Use Cigarettes and E-Cigarettes.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2025Article
- Association between use of combustible cigarettes and noncombustible nicotine or tobacco products and health-related quality of life in Korean men: a nationwide population-based study.Korean journal of family medicine · 2025Article
- Behavioral intention to use electronic cigarettes in the Philippines: The role of social influence, knowledge, price and health impact.PloS one · 2025Article
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- Dual Use of Combustible Cigarettes and E-cigarettes: a Narrative Review of Current Evidence.Current addiction reports · 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
- Facilitators and barriers for harm reduction after first use of novel nicotine delivery devices: a qualitative investigation of cigarette smokers.BMC psychology · 2022Article
- Flavor and Nicotine Effects on E-cigarette Appeal in Young Adults: Moderation by Reason for Vaping.American journal of health behavior · 2020Article
- Dual Users Compared to Smokers: Demographics, Dependence, and Biomarkers.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2019Observational
- 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
- The unique contribution of e-cigarettes for tobacco harm reduction in supporting smoking relapse prevention.Harm reduction journal · 2018Article
- Quantifying population-level health benefits and harms of e-cigarette use in the United States.PloS one · 2018Article
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Abstract
The development of e-cigarettes was initially hailed as a resource in facilitating a reduction in or cessation of cigarette smoking. Many users of e-cigarettes are 'dual users', smoking traditional cigarettes and e-cigarettes. The present qualitative study examines the factors that a group of 20 dual users considered to have been influential in their decisions to use e-cigarettes and their comparative evaluations of e-cigarettes and traditional cigarettes. Health concerns were not found to be sole motivators. Participants pointed to financial and contextual considerations, particularly peer influence on uptake and continued usage of e-cigarettes. E-cigarettes were evaluated as comparable to cigarettes in some ways but not in other important respects such as sensation and satisfaction. Different social evaluations of cigarette and e-cigarette usage were discerned which influenced how participants identified as smokers, 'vapers' or neither. Findings are discussed in relation to social representations, identity and implications for continued e-cigarette usage among dual users.
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