Sharma Akshika, Morean Meghan E, Krishnan-Sarin Suchitra, O'Malley Stephanie S, Bold Krysten W
Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
Nicotine Tob Res. 2025 Apr 22;27(5):926-931. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntae251.
Many adults who smoke cigarettes report trying e-cigarettes to quit smoking. Understanding the use of e-cigarettes for smoking cessation and the type of support that adults desire when trying to quit smoking is important for supporting cessation attempts and maximizing smoking abstinence.
In the summer of 2021, an online survey of 857 adults who reported a history of regular cigarette smoking and endorsed using e-cigarettes in a recent smoking cessation attempt was conducted. Survey items assessed reasons for using e-cigarettes to quit smoking, what was helpful about e-cigarettes, and what information participants desired when using e-cigarettes to quit smoking.
Common reasons for using e-cigarettes to quit smoking included beliefs that vaping would be helpful for quitting (53.6%), vaping is safer than smoking (50.5%), and favorable comparisons relative to other nicotine replacement treatments like nicotine patches and gum (24.7%). 23.8% selected e-cigarettes because they were cheaper than other smoking cessation aids. 89% of participants reported still smoking cigarettes at the time of the survey. The most common information people wanted when quitting was advice on how to gradually reduce nicotine over time to become nicotine-free (46.3%), how different vaping devices work (39.7%), and what nicotine concentration to start with (37.7%).
Findings identified common beliefs about e-cigarettes as a smoking cessation aid and how they compare to other treatments including nicotine replacement treatment. Understanding factors that support cessation is critical especially due to high relapse rates. Results may help to inform support programs, especially for individuals who are interested in using e-cigarettes to quit smoking.
Despite greater reporting, there is a limited understanding of e-cigarette use for quitting among those who smoke cigarettes. Our study highlights the reasons for using e-cigarettes among those who have recently tried e-cigarettes for quitting smoking, and the components of e-cigarettes that were helpful. We also examined the desired support in a program designed to use e-cigarettes for quitting smoking. The majority of participants who attempted to quit smoking using an e-cigarette relapsed to smoking, indicating the gap in cessation support that can be filled with a greater understanding of the desired support.
许多吸烟的成年人表示尝试使用电子烟来戒烟。了解电子烟在戒烟中的使用情况以及成年人在尝试戒烟时希望获得的支持类型，对于支持戒烟尝试和最大限度地实现戒烟至关重要。
2021年夏天，对857名有定期吸烟史且在最近一次戒烟尝试中认可使用电子烟的成年人进行了在线调查。调查项目评估了使用电子烟戒烟的原因、电子烟的有益之处以及参与者在使用电子烟戒烟时想要的信息。
使用电子烟戒烟的常见原因包括认为吸电子烟有助于戒烟（53.6%）、吸电子烟比吸烟更安全（50.5%）以及与尼古丁贴片和口香糖等其他尼古丁替代疗法相比更具优势（24.7%）。23.8%的人选择电子烟是因为它们比其他戒烟辅助工具更便宜。89%的参与者在调查时表示仍在吸烟。人们在戒烟时最想要的信息是关于如何随着时间逐渐减少尼古丁摄入量以实现无烟状态的建议（46.3%）、不同电子烟设备的工作原理（39.7%）以及开始时应使用的尼古丁浓度（37.7%）。
研究结果确定了关于电子烟作为戒烟辅助工具的常见看法以及它们与包括尼古丁替代疗法在内的其他治疗方法的比较。了解支持戒烟的因素至关重要，尤其是考虑到高复发率。研究结果可能有助于为支持项目提供信息，特别是对于有兴趣使用电子烟戒烟的个人。
尽管报告的情况有所增加，但对于吸烟人群中使用电子烟戒烟的了解仍然有限。我们的研究突出了近期尝试使用电子烟戒烟者使用电子烟的原因以及电子烟中有益的成分。我们还研究了旨在使用电子烟戒烟的项目中人们期望获得的支持。大多数尝试使用电子烟戒烟的参与者都复吸了，这表明通过更深入了解期望获得的支持，可以填补戒烟支持方面的差距。
