ArticleDrug and alcohol dependence2019
Association of electronic cigarette vaping and subsequent smoking relapse among former smokers.
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44 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Pooled it
- A Systematic Review Investigating Associations Between E-Cigarette Use Among Former Cigarette Smokers and Relapse to Smoking Cigarettes.Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financingPooled it
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- Potential impact of e-cigarettes on life-years lost from conventional smoking in Ukraine, a replication study.Central European journal of public health · 2025Article
- Oral Nicotine Product Use and Vaping Progression Among Adolescents.Pediatrics · 2025Article
- Changes in quality of life and mental health outcomes related to vaping cessation among US adults.Tobacco control · 2025Article
- Cigarette Smoking Relapse Among People Who Switched to E-cigarettes or Other Tobacco Products.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2025Article
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- Differences in smoking cessation behaviors and vaping status among adult daily smokers with and without depression, anxiety, and alcohol use: Findings from the 2018 and 2020 International Tobacco Control Four Country Smoking and Vaping (ITC 4CV) Surveys.International journal of mental health and addiction · 2024Article
- E-cigarettes in Nigeria: A scoping review of evidence.Health science reports · 2024Article
- Comparison of smoking prevalence in Canada before and after nicotine vaping product access using the SimSmoke model.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2023Article
- Designing an intervention to help the quitters quit: A qualitative, intervention co-design study.PEC innovation · 2023Article
- How do underage youth access e-cigarettes in settings with minimum age sales restriction laws? A scoping review.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Appeal of e-cigarette flavors: Differences between never and ever use of combustible cigarettes.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2023Article
- Vaping among Norwegians who smoke or formerly smoked: reasons, patterns of use, and smoking cessation activity.Harm reduction journal · 2023Article
- Prospective association between e-cigarette use frequency patterns and cigarette smoking abstinence among adult cigarette smokers in the United States.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundFormer combustible cigarette smokers who vape e-cigarettes after quitting smoking may experience health benefits if post-quit vaping prevents smoking relapse.
methodsFormer combustible cigarette smokers aged >18 that were recent (quit ≤ 12 months) or long-term (quit > 12 months) quitters at baseline were re-surveyed at 1-year follow-up in the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) U.S. nationally-representative longitudinal study. Associations of baseline e-cigarette vaping status (never use, prior use, current occasional use, and current regular use) and smoking relapse (vs. abstinence) at follow-up were estimated.
resultsAmong recent quitters (N = 884), the prevalence of follow-up smoking relapse was 31.6%, 39.0%, 51.6%, and 31.9% among never (N = 233), prior (N = 399), current occasional (N = 56), and current regular (N = 196) baseline e-cigarette users, respectively. Baseline e-cigarette use was not associated with smoking relapse at follow-up after covariate adjustment. In long-term quitters (n = 3210), follow-up smoking relapse was 1.8%, 10.4%, 9.6%, and 15.0% among never (N = 2479), prior (N = 588), current occasional (N = 45), and current regular (N = 98) baseline e-cigarette users, respectively. Both prior use (AOR = 2.00, CI [1.25-3.20]) and current regular use of e-cigarettes (AOR = 3.77, CI [1.48-9.65]) had higher odds of subsequent smoking relapse as compared to never e-cigarette users after covariate adjustment. Among relapsers, baseline e-cigarette vaping was not associated with smoking frequency or intensity at follow-up.
conclusionsVaping more than one year after quitting smoking was associated with smoking relapse at 12-month follow-up in a nationally-representative sample. Further studies are needed to evaluate whether this association is causal.
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