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Heated tobacco product use and its relationship to quitting combustible cigarettes in Korean adults

Authors
 Jinyoung Kim  ;  Sungkyu Lee  ;  Heejin Kimm  ;  Juna-Ah Lee  ;  Cheol-Min Lee  ;  Hong-Jun Cho 
Citation
 PLOS ONE, Vol.16(5) : e0251243, 2021-05 
Journal Title
PLOS ONE
Issue Date
2021-05
MeSH
Adult ; Aged ; Female ; Health Surveys ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Prevalence ; Republic of Korea ; Smokers / statistics & numerical data ; Smoking Cessation / statistics & numerical data* ; Tobacco Products* ; Tobacco Use / epidemiology* ; Vaping / epidemiology* ; Young Adult
Abstract
Objective: We 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.

Methods: We 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.

Results: The 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.

Conclusion: EC-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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DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0251243
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4. Graduate School of Public Health (보건대학원) > Graduate School of Public Health (보건대학원) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Kimm, Heejin(김희진) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4526-0570
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/185973
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