Quit Methods Used by US Adult Cigarette Smokers, 2014–2016
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To quantify the prevalence of 10 quit methods commonly used by adult cigarette smokers, we used data from a nationally representative longitudinal (2014-2016) online survey of US adult cigarette smokers (n = 15,943). Overall, 74.7% of adult current cigarette smokers used multiple quit methods during their most recent quit attempt. Giving up cigarettes all at once (65.3%) and reducing the number of cigarettes smoked (62.0%) were the most prevalent methods. Substituting some cigarettes with e-cigarettes was used by a greater percentage of smokers than the nicotine patch, nicotine gum, or other cessation aids approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. Further research into the effectiveness of e-cigarettes as a cessation aid is warranted.
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- Authors
- Caraballo, R. S., Shafer, P. R., Patel, D., Davis, K. C., & McAfee, T. A.
- Affiliations
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US)
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- RTI International (US)
- National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
- Corresponding author
- Caraballo, Ralph S.
- Venue
- Preventing Chronic Disease
- Published
- 2017-04-13
- Volume
- 14
- Pages
- E32-E32
- ISSN
- 1545-1151 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC5392446
- OpenAlex
- W2604411640
- Cited by
- 177
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 20 · 2023: 24 · 2022: 18 · 2021: 20 · 2020: 25 · 2019: 28 · 2018: 20 · 2017: 4
- FWCI
- 15.59
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Licence
- public-domain
- Locations
- Preventing Chronic Disease (publishedVersion, public-domain)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) (submittedVersion)
- UNC Libraries
- Funders
- RTI International
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
- Keywords
- smoking cessation, cigarette smokers, electronic cigarettes, nicotine patch, nicotine gum, cessation aids, prevalence
- MeSH terms
- Cigarette Smoking, Adult, Educational Status, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Socioeconomic Factors, United States, Smoking Cessation, Tobacco Use Cessation Devices, Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems
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