1. Awareness, trial and use of heated tobacco products among adult cigarette smokers and e-cigarette users: findings from the 2018 ITC Four Country Smoking and Vaping Survey
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K. Michael Cummings, Geoffrey T. Fong, Maciej L. Goniewicz, Andrew Hyland, Edward Sutanto, Danielle M Smith, Anne C K Quah, Hua H Yong, Richard J O'Connor, Connor R Miller, Ron Borland, Shannon Gravely, and Sara C. Hitchman
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Adult ,Health (social science) ,Design data ,Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems ,01 natural sciences ,Article ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Environmental health ,Humans ,Medicine ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Product (category theory) ,0101 mathematics ,Harm reduction ,Smokers ,business.industry ,Vaping ,Smoking ,010102 general mathematics ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Tobacco Products ,Former Smoker ,Surveillance and monitoring ,business ,Tobacco product - Abstract
ObjectiveTo evaluate heated tobacco product (HTP) awareness, trial and current use among adult cigarette smokers and vaping product users in four countries with varying regulations governing HTP sales.DesignData came from Wave 2 of the ITC Four Country Smoking and Vaping Survey, collected from February to July 2018. Respondents were current and former smokers and/or users of vaping products (18 years or older) from Canada (CA; n=3778), England (EN; n=4848), the USA (US; n=2846) and Australia (AU; n=1515). At the time of the survey, only Canada and England permitted the sale of contemporary HTPs (eg, IQOS).ResultsOverall, 30.2% of respondents reported being aware of HTPs (CA=30.4%; EN=31.0%; US=30.2%; AU=27.4%; p=0.346), 2.4% had ever tried HTPs (CA=3.3%; EN=2.4%; US=2.0%; AU=0.9%; p=0.001) and 0.9% currently used HTPs at least monthly (CA=0.8%; EN=1.2%; US=0.7%; AU=0.2%; pConclusionApproximately one third of respondents were aware of HTPs, even in the USA and Australia, where contemporary HTPs were not yet on the market. Trial and use were uncommon, except among concurrent smokers–vapers. Restrictions on availability may have limited HTP use generally, but less so for concurrent smokers–vapers.
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- 2020