- Title
- Electronic cigarettes: awareness, recent use, and attitudes within a sample of socioeconomically disadvantaged Australian smokers
- Creator
- Twyman, Laura; Bonevski, Billie; Paul, Christine; Bryant, Jamie; Gartner, Coral; Guillaumier, Ashleigh
- Relation
- NHMRC.631055, NHMRC.1063206, NHMRC.1061335 & NHMRC.1061978 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1063206
- Relation
- Nicotine and Tobacco Research Vol. 18, Issue 5, p. 670-677
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntv183
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2016
- Description
- Introduction: Electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) awareness, trial of e-cigarettes in the past 12 months, source and perceptions of safety and effectiveness was assessed within a disadvantaged sample of adult Australian smokers receiving welfare aid. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was administered to clients who smoke at two community service organizations in New South Wales, Australia from October 2013 to July 2014. E-cigarette awareness, trial in past 12 months, sources of e-cigarettes and perceptions of the safety and effectiveness of e-cigarettes to help people quit were assessed along with sociodemographic and smoking-related variables. Results: In total, 369 participants completed the survey (77% response rate). Awareness and trial of e-cigarettes were reported by 77% (n = 283) and 35% (n = 103) of the sample, respectively. E-cigarettes were most commonly obtained from friends/strangers followed by tobacco shops (tobacconists). Trying e-cigarettes in the past 12 months was significantly associated with positive perceptions of their safety (odds ratio [OR] = 1.8, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1, 3.1) and effectiveness (OR = 1.9, 95% CI = 1.1, 3.2). Motivation to quit tobacco smoking was also significantly positively associated with positive perceptions of e-cigarette safety (OR = 1.2, 95% CI = 1.1, 1.4) and effectiveness (OR = 1.2, 95% CI = 1.0, 1.3). Conclusions: Rates of awareness and trial of e-cigarettes within a disadvantaged sample of Australian smokers are comparable to rates found within representative samples of the general Australian population. Previously trying e-cigarettes and higher levels of motivation to quit were associated with more positive perceptions of e-cigarette safety and effectiveness. Implications: This study demonstrates that socioeconomically disadvantaged smokers are aware of and accessing e-cigarettes in a country with relatively high restrictions covering e-cigarette sale and use.
- Subject
- electronic cigarettes; e-cigarettes; smoking cessation; Australian smokers; socioeconomically disadvantaged Australian smokers
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1320143
- Identifier
- uon:24077
- Identifier
- ISSN:1462-2203
- Rights
- This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in Nicotine and Tobacco Research following peer review. The version of record Twyman, Laura; Bonevski, Billie; Paul, Christine; Bryant, Jamie; Gartner, Coral; Guillaumier, Ashleigh “Electronic cigarettes: awareness, recent use, and attitudes within a sample of socioeconomically disadvantaged Australian smokers”, Nicotine and Tobacco Research Vol. 18, Issue 5, p. 670-677 (2016) is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntv183
- Language
- eng
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