Smoking Cessation and Vaping Cessation Attempts among Cigarette Smokers and E-Cigarette Users in Central and Eastern Europe

Mateusz Jankowski, Joshua Allan Lawson, Andrei Shpakou, Michał Poznański, Tadeusz Maria Zielonka, Ludmila Klimatckaia, Yelena Loginovich, Marta Rachel, Justína Gereová, Łukasz Minarowski, Ihar Naumau, Kamil Kornicki, Paulina Pepłowska, Valeriy Kovalevskiy, Asta Raskiliene, Krzysztof Bielewicz, Zuzana Krištúfková, Robert Mróz, Paulina Majek, Szymon Skoczyński, Jan Eugeniusz Zejda and Grzegorz Marek Brożek
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Mateusz Jankowski: Department of Epidemiology, School of Medicine in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Medykow 18 Str, 40-752 Katowice, Poland
Joshua Allan Lawson: Canadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, 104 Clinic Place, P.O. Box 23, Saskatoon, SK S7N 2Z4, Canada
Andrei Shpakou: Department of Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation, Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno, 22 Ozheshko Str, 230023 Grodno, Belarus
Michał Poznański: Department of General and Oncological Pulmonology, Norbert Barlicki Memorial Teaching Hospital No. 1, Medical University of Lodz, Kopcińskiego 22 Str, 90-153 Lodz, Poland
Tadeusz Maria Zielonka: Department of Family Medicine, Warsaw Medical University, Banacha Street 1a, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland
Ludmila Klimatckaia: Department of Social Pedagogy and Social Work, Krasnoyarsk State Pedagogical University named after V.P. Astafiev, A. Lebedeva 89 Str, 660017 Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Yelena Loginovich: Institute of Biology Systems and Genetic Research, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, MLK, Eivenių 4 Str, LT-50103 Kaunas, Lithuania
Marta Rachel: Department of Human Physiology and Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rzeszów, Kopisto 2a Str, 35-359 Rzeszow, Poland
Justína Gereová: Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Public Health, Slovak Medical University in Bratislava, Limbová 14 Str, 833 03 Bratislava, Slovak
Łukasz Minarowski: 2nd Department of Lung Diseases and Tuberculosis, Medical University of Bialystok, Żurawia 14 Str, 15-540 Bialystok, Poland
Ihar Naumau: Department of General Hygiene and Ecology, Grodno State Medical University, Gorkogo 80 Str, 230009 Grodno, Belarus
Kamil Kornicki: Department of General and Oncological Pulmonology, Norbert Barlicki Memorial Teaching Hospital No. 1, Medical University of Lodz, Kopcińskiego 22 Str, 90-153 Lodz, Poland
Paulina Pepłowska: Department of Family Medicine, Warsaw Medical University, Banacha Street 1a, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland
Valeriy Kovalevskiy: Department of Childhood Psychology, Krasnoyarsk State Pedagogical University named after V.P. Astafiev, Lebedeva 89 Str, 660017 Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Asta Raskiliene: Institute of Biology Systems and Genetic Research, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, MLK, Eivenių 4 Str, LT-50103 Kaunas, Lithuania
Krzysztof Bielewicz: Department of Human Physiology and Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rzeszów, Kopisto 2a Str, 35-359 Rzeszow, Poland
Zuzana Krištúfková: Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Public Health, Slovak Medical University in Bratislava, Limbová 14 Str, 833 03 Bratislava, Slovak
Robert Mróz: 2nd Department of Lung Diseases and Tuberculosis, Medical University of Bialystok, Żurawia 14 Str, 15-540 Bialystok, Poland
Paulina Majek: Department of Epidemiology, School of Medicine in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Medykow 18 Str, 40-752 Katowice, Poland
Szymon Skoczyński: Department of Pneumonology, School of Medicine in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, Ziolowa 45/47, 40-635 Katowice, Poland
Jan Eugeniusz Zejda: Department of Epidemiology, School of Medicine in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Medykow 18 Str, 40-752 Katowice, Poland
Grzegorz Marek Brożek: Department of Epidemiology, School of Medicine in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Medykow 18 Str, 40-752 Katowice, Poland

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 17, issue 1, 1-13

Abstract: Our aim is to assess the smoking cessation and vaping cessation activity, including quit attempts and willingness to quit among university students in Central and Eastern Europe, as well as to investigate personal characteristics associated with smoking cessation and vaping cessation attempts. Data were collected by questionnaire which included 46 questions on cigarette and e-cigarette use. Questionnaires were obtained from 14,352 university students (aged 20.9 ± 2.4 years; cooperation rate of 72.2%). For the purposes of this analysis, only data from exclusive cigarette smokers ( n = 1716), exclusive e-cigarette users ( n = 129), and dual users (216) were included. Of all cigarette smokers, 51.6% had previously tried to quit smoking and 51.5% declared a willingness to quit cigarette smoking in the near future. Among all e-cigarette users only 13.9% had ever tried to quit using the e-cigarette and 25.2% declared a willingness to give up using e-cigarette in the near future. The majority of the group did not use pharmacotherapy to quit cigarette (87.5%) or e-cigarette (88.9%) use. Our results indicate that while most university students have some desire to quit conventional smoking, those who use e-cigarettes do not have the same desire.

Keywords: smoking cessation; cigarettes; e-cigarettes; electronic cigarettes; nicotine; students (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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