Vaping and E-Cigarettes Within the Evolving Tobacco Quitline Landscape.
Monday, March 22, 2021
Posted by: Natalia Gromov
Vickerman KA, Carpenter KM,
Raskob MK, Nash CM, Vargas-Belcher RA, Beebe LA.
Vaping and E-Cigarettes
Within the Evolving Tobacco Quitline Landscape.
Am J Prev Med. 2021 Mar;60(3 Suppl 2):S142-S153. doi:
10.1016/j.amepre.2020.07.013. PMID: 33663702.
This article summarizes the vaping research literature as it pertains to
tobacco quitlines and describes vaping assessment, treatment, and evaluation
quitline practices. It also presents 2014-2018 registration data (vaping in the
past 30 days, number of use days, use for quitting smoking, and intentions to
quit vaping) from 24 public quitlines (23 states and District of Columbia) and
110,295 enrollees to employer-sponsored quitlines. Trends in vaping rates over
time, by state, and by age group are described. Approximately 57,000 adult
public quitline enrollees in the U.S. reported vaping at registration in 2018
(14.7% of enrollees). Most quitline participants who vape also smoke cigarettes
and contact the quitline for smoking cessation support. Rates of reporting vaping
and no combustible or smokeless tobacco use in the past 30 days are 0.5% of all
public quitline participants (<3% of public quitline vaping product users).
Data are not systematically available regarding the number of quitline
participants who are seeking help quitting vaping and only vape (do not use
combustible or smokeless tobacco). Few quitline participants (<1%) are youth
aged <18 years, but more than a third (35%) report vaping. This paper
outlines research and evaluation priorities to inform the future quitline
treatment landscape with respect to vaping. The quitline community is
positioned to increase the likelihood that vaping has a positive impact for
adults who smoke through harm reduction or supporting cessation and has
opportunities to expand impacts on youth and young adult vaping prevention and
cessation.
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