National Longitudinal Tobacco Product Cessation Rates among US Adults from the PATH Study: 2013–2019
Thursday, August 18, 2022
Posted by: Natalia Gromov
Kasza KA, Tang Z, Xiao H,
et al.
National Longitudinal
Tobacco Product Cessation Rates among US Adults from the PATH Study: 2013–2019
(waves 1–5).
Tobacco Control Published Online First: 25 July
2022. doi: 10.1136/tc-2022-057323
Objective. To
report on longitudinal tobacco product cessation rates, by product type, among
adults (ages 18+ years) in the USA between 2013 and 2019.
Methods. The
Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study, a nationally representative,
longitudinal cohort study was used to report on annual and biennial rates of
the following three cessation behaviours across 2013–2019: (1) discontinuing
tobacco product use (ie, transition from past 30-day use to no past 30-day
use), (2) attempting to quit tobacco product use and (3) quitting tobacco
product use among those who attempted to quit. Each cessation behaviour was
evaluated separately for cigarettes, electronic nicotine delivery systems
(ENDS), cigars, hookah and smokeless tobacco. Generalised estimating equations
were used to evaluate linear and nonlinear trends in cessation rates across the
study period.
Results. Between
2013 and 2019, rates of discontinuing cigarette smoking among adults in the USA
statistically increased from 16% to 18%, though these were consistently lower
than rates of discontinuing use of other tobacco products. Similarly, quit attempt
rates and rates of quitting among attempters increased for cigarette smokers.
However, rates of discontinuing ENDS use sharply declined across the study
period, from 62% to 44%.
Conclusions. Findings
show that tobacco product cessation rates have been changing in recent years in
the USA alongside the changing tobacco product marketplace and regulatory
environment, though rates of discontinuing cigarette smoking remain relatively
low. Findings can serve as a benchmark against which future cessation rates can
be compared with evaluate the impacts of future tobacco regulatory policies.
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