Tennessee DOH: Vapers are 3.5 times more likely to try to quit smoking
Tennessee DOH: Vapers are 3.5 times more likely to try to quit smoking
Based on the original post by Matt Rowland on November 14, 2017 at vapes.com
The Department of Health, Tennessee (DOH), publishes the results of a recent study, suggesting that vaping has a stronger influence over the success rate of the smokers who want to quit than many institutions would like to admit. The report, published in the last week, is paying particular attention to the fact that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) still does not approve the electronic cigarettes for this purpose. Tennessee DOH statistics, however, show that smokers who are vaping at the same time, are 3.5 times more likely to attempt to quit smoking permanently at least once within the first 12 months of their start as vapers.
A summary of the study entitled "Using tobacco together with e-cigarettes and their links with an attempt to quit smoking among older smokers", endorsed by the Tennessee Risk Surveillance System from 2016, is published in Atlanta "According to the APHA, according to the report, 2016 is the first year in which Tennessee officials conducted a survey of this type or scale.
Review of the study
Public health officials start with an assessment of a cross-selection selection of 6,167 observations from randomly selected adults over 18 years of age. Participants are divided into two groups: smokers who smoke and smokers who do not use smokeless products for evaporation. Using a number of scientific research methodologies involving multivariate logistic regression, the main goal of the scientists was to compare the number of attempts to quit smoking over a period of 12 months between the participants in each of the two groups
• 6167 respondents participated in the study.
• 1,178 of them are current smokers.
• 261 of current smokers are also dual users and pickup devices.
• 681 of current smokers report at least one attempt to decline within the 12-month period.
• Dual users of tobacco cigarettes and electronic pickup devices were 3.6 times more likely to try to quit smoking than non-vipers.
However, the Tennessee research team has obviously taken into account several social and economic factors that could affect a person's ability to either quit smoking or begin to crack, or both. Having complied with these factors, they have come to the conclusion that both e-cigarette and cigarette users are 3.5 times more likely to attempt to quit smoking within the first year they are they began to come.
“Income and frequency of cigarette smoking were found to be confounders and were included in the final model to determine the adjusted odds. While controlling for these covariates, smokers who use e-cigarettes were 3.5 (CI: 2.0, 6.1) times more likely to report trying to quit smoking cigarettes during the past 12 months than non-e-cigarette smokers. Conclusion: This analysis provides evidence that current Tennessee adult smokers may be using e-cigarettes as a cessation aid to quit smoking.”
The result of the DOH research in Tennessee is not surprising, at least for the American community. Very recent studies with similar scientific objectives have led to remarkable results. In a recent study conducted by researchers at the Mailman University School of Public Health and the Rutgers School of Public Health, data suggest that dual users - those who use electronic cigarettes along with tobacco cigarettes - are 48.9% less more likely to initiate at least one attempt to quit smoking in their first year of age, with an impressive average success rate of up to 52%.
Based on the original Tennessee DOH article: Vapers are 3.5 times more likely to quit smoking by Matt Rowland for vapes.com
