A Survey on the Actual Use of and Reasons for Heated Tobacco Products in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Hisaaki Isaji () and Kiyofumi Yamada
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Hisaaki Isaji: Department of Neuropsychopharmacology and Hospital Pharmacy, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya 466-8560, Japan
Kiyofumi Yamada: Department of Neuropsychopharmacology and Hospital Pharmacy, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya 466-8560, Japan

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 19, 1-12

Abstract: The actual use of heated tobacco products (HTPs) among smokers with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is little known. The objective of this study was to clarify the prevalence and reasons for HTP use among smokers with RA. We administered a web survey to a research company panel in Japan between December 2020 and January 2021. After 170,000 panelists completed a primary questionnaire regarding smoking and disease status, 198 smokers with RA completed a secondary questionnaire regarding the reasons for HTP use and perceptions about the harmfulness of HTPs. The primary questionnaire revealed that smokers with RA were more likely to use HTPs than smokers without RA, and the adjusted odds ratio of RA for HTP use was one of the highest factors among other diseases (adjusted OR: 2.34, 95% CI: 1.92–2.85, p < 0.001). The secondary questionnaire revealed that 43.7% of HTP smokers with RA had considered using HTPs due to their RA, and 42.0% of them felt that starting HTPs relieved the symptoms of RA. These results indicated that smokers with RA tend to start using HTPs due to their RA, despite the lack of evidences that HTPs are safer alternatives.

Keywords: heated tobacco product; rheumatoid arthritis; psoriasis; chronic inflammatory diseases; internet survey; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; reason for use (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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