ArticleDrug and alcohol review2019
Vaping as an alternative to smoking relapse following brief lapse.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Vaping cessation interventions: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Tobacco control · 2026Pooled it
- Nicotine replacement treatment, e-cigarettes and an online behavioural intervention to reduce relapse in recent ex-smokers: a multinational four-arm RCT.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2020Trial
- How do Smokers in a Snus-Prevalent Society Consider E-cigarettes, Snus, and Nicotine Replacement Therapy Products as Relevant Replacements for Cigarettes in the Event They Should Stop Smoking?Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2023Article
- A Qualitative Analysis of the Experiences of People Who Resumed Smoking Following Exclusive Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems Use.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2023Article
- Electronic Cigarettes and Asthma: What Do We Know So Far?Journal of personalized medicine · 2021Review
- Perception of the relative harm of electronic cigarettes compared to cigarettes amongst US adults from 2013 to 2016: analysis of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study data.Harm reduction journal · 2020Article
- A Qualitative Exploration of Consumers' Perceived Impacts, Behavioural Reactions, and Future Reflections of the EU Tobacco Products Directive (2017) as Applied to Electronic Cigarettes.Tobacco use insights · 2020Article
- Associations between vaping and relapse to smoking: preliminary findings from a longitudinal survey in the UK.Harm reduction journal · 2019Observational
- Indicators of cigarette smoking dependence and relapse in former smokers who vape compared with those who do not: findings from the 2016 International Tobacco Control Four Country Smoking and Vaping Survey.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2019Article
- 'I Felt Welcomed in Like They're a Little Family in There, I Felt Like I Was Joining a Team or Something': Vape Shop Customers' Experiences of E-Cigarette Use, Vape Shops and the Vaping Community.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- The unique contribution of e-cigarettes for tobacco harm reduction in supporting smoking relapse prevention.Harm reduction journal · 2018Article
- A Qualitative Exploration of the Role of Vape Shop Environments in Supporting Smoking Abstinence.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
aimsE-cigarettes are the most popular aid to quitting smoking in the UK. Although many smokers quit, relapse is common. Historically, the literature has reported strong associations between tobacco smoking lapse and relapse following a quit attempt. This article aims to explore how smoking lapse is experienced by those who vape to quit smoking. DESIGN AND
methodsA purposive sample of 40 UK vapers were matched to a sampling frame from a representative sample of UK quitters. Semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted. Data were thematically analysed iteratively situating reported experiences of smoking lapse within narrative descriptions of vaping. Iterative categorization was used as a technique to further explore a subset of data specifically focused on smoking lapse.
resultsAnalysis revealed that smoking lapse is perceived qualitatively differently when using e-cigarettes as compared to past quit attempts. Having the pleasurable alternative of vaping meant that full relapse to smoking was not inevitable. Instead, lapses were perceived as 'permissive' or 'purposive', intentional and contextualised, or for some as unintentional, with the resulting emotional response negatively reinforcing ongoing tobacco smoking abstinence. DISCUSSION AND
conclusionsOur novel findings suggest that the role of tobacco smoking lapse in relation to relapse status may be theoretically redefined, drawing on data from vapers. These findings question the utility of previous theories of the role of smoking lapse in the relapse process. For ex-smokers, vaping offers a pleasurable, viable pharmacological, but also social and psychological, substitution option for smoking and potentially powerfully alters the experience and threat of any lapse.
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