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ArticleThe New Zealand medical journal2025

Patterns and experiences of smoking, electronic cigarettes (vapes) and heated tobacco use among people who smoke or who recently quit.

Janine Nip, Jane Zhang, James Stanley, Andrew Waa, Jude Ball, El-Shadan Tautolo, Thomas K Agar, Anne Ck Quah, Geoffrey T Fong, Richard Edwards

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10 authors.

Janine NipResearch Fellow, Department of Public Health, University of Otago Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand.
Jane ZhangResearch Fellow, Department of Public Health, University of Otago Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand.
James StanleyProfessor, Department of Public Health, University of Otago Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand.
Andrew WaaAssociate Professor, Department of Public Health, University of Otago Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand.
Jude BallSenior Research Fellow, Department of Public Health, University of Otago Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand.
El-Shadan TautoloProfessor, Centre for Pacific Health & Development Research, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand.
Thomas K AgarResearch Associate, Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Anne Ck QuahITC Managing Director and Senior Research Scientist, Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Geoffrey T FongUniversity Professor, Department of Psychology and School of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada; Senior Investigator, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Richard EdwardsProfessor, Department of Public Health, University of Otago Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand.

Funding

Vaporized Nicotine Product Initiation Among Youth in the US, Canada, and England: Methods to Predict Uptake and Policy EfficacyP01CA200512 · NCI · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · PI FONG, GEOFFREY T · 2016 to 2025
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NCI NIH HHS P01 CA200512This research was funded by the New Zealand Health Research Council (19/641) with additional support from Canadian Institutes of Health Research (FDN-148477) and the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (IA-004). Additional support is provided to TA, ACKQ and GTF by the United States National Institute of Health (P01 CA200512). RE currently receives funding from the Health Research Council, University of Otago and United States National Institutes of Health. AW currently receives funding from the Health Research Council. JB currently receives funding from the Health Research Council for this and other projects.
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimThe aim of this study is to understand patterns and experiences of smoking and electronic cigarette use, as well as related attitudes and behaviours among adults in Aotearoa New Zealand who smoke or recently stopped smoking.

methodsWe analysed data from the Evidence for Achieving Smokefree Aotearoa Equitably/International Tobacco Control New Zealand Survey (N=1,230), conducted between November 2020 and February 2021.

resultsAmong people who smoked, 77.5% (95% confidence interval [CI] 74.0-80.8%) reported regretting having started smoking, 73.6% (95% CI 69.5-77.4) intended to quit, 87.3% (95% CI 84.1-89.9) reported being addicted to smoking and 86.3% (95% CI 83.3-88.8) had tried to quit smoking in the past. Among people who smoked, 24.8% (95% CI 21.3-28.6) used electronic cigarettes (ECs) daily and 4.6% (95% CI 3.3-6.6) used heated tobacco products (HTPs) daily. Among people who had recently stopped smoking, 33.4% (95% CI 25.6-42.2) used ECs daily and less than 1% used HTPs daily.

conclusionHigh levels of regret for starting smoking, addiction and intent to quit smoking highlight the importance of implementing effective and equitable smokefree measures to prevent people from starting to smoke and to support people to stop smoking.

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Electronic Nicotine Delivery SystemsSmokingSmoking CessationVapingAdolescentAdultAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNew ZealandSurveys and QuestionnairesYoung Adult

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