ArticlePloS one2021
Heated tobacco product use and its relationship to quitting combustible cigarettes in Korean adults.
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25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 37 citations in OpenAlex.
- Impact of heated tobacco products on biomarkers of potential harm and adverse events: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Tobacco control · 2026Pooled it
- Comparing the Effectiveness, Tolerability, and Acceptability of Heated Tobacco Products and Refillable Electronic Cigarettes for Cigarette Substitution (CEASEFIRE): Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2023Trial
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- The association of parental use of new tobacco products and combustible cigarettes with nausea and vomiting in pregnancy: a cross-sectional study.Environmental health and preventive medicine · 2026Article
- Association between single, dual, poly use of tobacco products and smoking cessation in Korean adult smokers.Tobacco prevention & cessation · 2026Article
- Switching from cigarettes to IQOS: the relative importance of IQOS-associated reward, reinforcement and abstinence relief.Tobacco control · 2025Article
- Partner's dual use of new tobacco products and combustible cigarettes in early pregnancy was associated with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: a cross-sectional study.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2025Article
- Patterns of heated tobacco product use and biochemically verified smoking status among customers of dedicated heated tobacco product stores.Internal and emergency medicine · 2025Article
- The Health Effects of Heated Tobacco Product Use-A Narrative Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Evolution of nicotine product use in Ireland 2015-2023, and associations with quit intentions and attempts: an analysis of nationally representative repeated cross-sectional surveys.The Lancet regional health. Europe · 2025Article
- Shifts in motivation to quit cigarette smoking associated with IQOS use.Addictive behaviors · 2025Article
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- Heated tobacco product use frequency, smoking quit attempts, and smoking reduction among Mexican adult smokers.Tobacco induced diseases · 2024Article
- Association of cigarette smoking with increased use of heated tobacco products in middle-aged and older adults with self-reported chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, and asthma-COPD overlap in Japan, 2022: the JASTIS study.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2023Article
- Comparison of the Smoking Cessation of Heated Tobacco Product Users and Conventional Cigarette Smokers in Korea.Korean journal of family medicine · 2023Article
- Exhaled Carbon Monoxide Level and Practices among Tobacco and Nicotine Adult Users in Klang Valley, Malaysia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- IQOS Use and Interest by Sociodemographic and Tobacco Behavior Characteristics among Adults in the US and Israel.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Correction: Heated tobacco product use and its relationship to quitting combustible cigarettes in Korean adults.PloS one · 2023Article
- A Decision-Theoretic Public Health Framework for Heated Tobacco and Nicotine Vaping Products.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Comparison of Tobacco Use and Cessation Behavior between Conventional Cigarette and Heated Tobacco Product Users: Based on the Analyses of the Eighth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2019.Korean journal of family medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveWe assessed the prevalence of, and factors associated with, heated tobacco product (HTP) use and analysed the association between HTP use and quitting combustible cigarettes (CCs) in Korean adults.
methodsWe conducted an online survey with 7,000 adults (males, 2,300; females, 4,700; ages 20-69) out of 70,000 age-, sex- and provincial-distribution-matched individuals based on 2018 national population statistics. Females were oversampled because the prevalence of tobacco product use is very low among women in Korea. Chi-square tests were used for bivariate analyses, and odds ratios were assessed after adjusting for sociodemographic variables.
resultsThe prevalence of current CC, electronic cigarette (EC), and HTP use was 24.8% (males, 40.4%; females, 9.3%), 6.8% (males, 10.1%; females, 3.4%), and 10.2% (males, 16.2%; females, 4.3%), respectively. Among the 574 current HTP users, 77 (13.4%) were HTP-only users and >80% were either dual users of HTP and CC/EC, or triple users of HTP, EC, and CC. Among the current CC users, the odds of having attempted to quit CCs in the past year were greater among EC-only users (aOR 2.92; 95% CI 1.81-4.69) and dual users of HTPs and ECs (aOR 8.42; 95% CI 4.85-14.62) than among non-HTP and non-EC users. Among 2,121 ever CC smokers, the likelihood of being a former CC smoker was 0.19 (95% CI 0.15-0.24) for HTP users, 0.29 (95% CI 0.20-0.42) for EC users, and 0.03 (95% CI 0.01-0.06) for users of both HTPs and ECs compared with non-HTP and non-EC users.
conclusionEC-only use and dual use of HTPs and ECs were associated with increased attempts to quit CCs; however, HTP and EC use was associated with lower odds of CC smoking abstinence.
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