{"title":"Digitalisation of gambling harm? Gambling consumption, negative consequences, and clinical characteristics among Swedish help-seekers","authors":"Håkan Wall , Virve Marionneau , Helena Lindqvist , Olof Molander","doi":"10.1016/j.addbeh.2024.108182","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.addbeh.2024.108182","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Gambling is connected to a range of harms and negative consequences. Gambling is also evolving at a fast pace, particularly in digital environments. Understanding the effects of this on-going change and digitalisation of gambling markets requires systematic measuring of gambling consumption patterns, clinical characteristics, and gambling-related harms.</div><div>The current study compares two cohorts of help-seekers for gambling in Sweden (2019; 2023), recruited via the Swedish national helpline. The aim is to assess harms and consumption across the two cohorts at a time of increased offer of digital gambling in Sweden. We used eight different screens to measure gambling-related behaviours and consequences, including the Gambling Disorder Identification Test (GDIT). Results were analysed using descriptive statistics, and differences across the two cohorts were tested for statistical significance.</div><div>The results show that across 2019–2023, gambling consumption has intensified. Online EGMs are by far the most prevalent form of gambling among help-seekers. We also found that the experience of co-morbidities as well as most gambling-related harms were common in both cohorts, with some statistically significant increases in 2023. Harms were more commonly experienced amongst those who engaged in online EGM gambling in comparison to those who did not.</div><div>The results suggest that the digitalisation of gambling and gambling products appears to be associated with a variety of harmful consequences. The results also show the importance of systematic and comprehensive measurement to capture different severity levels of harms and their wide range amongst those who gamble.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7155,"journal":{"name":"Addictive behaviors","volume":"160 ","pages":"Article 108182"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142358530","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploring the associations between symptom severity, metacognition, problematic social media use and cyberbullying in treatment naïve adolescents with Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder","authors":"Yekta Özkan , Masum Öztürk , Selma Tvrtkovic , Orkun Aydın , Pınar Ünal-Aydın","doi":"10.1016/j.addbeh.2024.108169","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.addbeh.2024.108169","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study investigates the relationship between ADHD symptom severity, metacognition, problematic social media use, and cyberbullying/cybervictimization in treatment-naïve adolescents. Understanding these relationships is vital for enhancing ADHD intervention strategies. Using a cross-sectional design, 97 adolescents meeting DSM-5 criteria for ADHD without any comorbidity and 97 healthy controls were assessed. Measures included the Metacognitions Questionnaire for Children, Social Media Disorder Scale, Revised Cyberbullying Inventory-II, and Revised Conners’ Parent Rating Scale-Short. The comparisons were performed with independent samples’ t tests and the associations were estimated by using Pearson’s bivariate correlations and multiple regression analyses. Results revealed that adolescents with ADHD exhibited higher levels of dysfunctional metacognitions, problematic social media use, cyberbullying, and cybervictimization compared to controls. Regression analysis showed significant positive associations between ADHD symptoms, specific metacognitions (e.g., positive meta-worry, cognitive monitoring), and problematic social media use. This study, the first of its kind among treatment-naïve ADHD adolescents, provides valuable insights into the relationship between ADHD symptoms and particular metacognitions (i.e. positive meta-worry, cognitive monitoring) and problematic social media use. These findings contribute to a deeper understanding of ADHD in adolescence and may inform the development of targeted prevention and treatment strategies, particularly relevant given adolescents’ susceptibility to social media’s influence and their potential for cognitive flexibility in rehabilitation contexts.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7155,"journal":{"name":"Addictive behaviors","volume":"160 ","pages":"Article 108169"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142334141","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
David S. Black , John P.A. Ioannidis , Choo Phei Wee , Matthew G. Kirkpatrick
{"title":"Sex differences in cigarette smoking following a mindfulness-based cessation randomized controlled trial","authors":"David S. Black , John P.A. Ioannidis , Choo Phei Wee , Matthew G. Kirkpatrick","doi":"10.1016/j.addbeh.2024.108177","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.addbeh.2024.108177","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Some interventions for smoking cessation such as quit smoking aids show sex-specific effects on outcomes, but behavioral interventions such as mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) for smoking cessation lack formal reporting of sex-intervention tests of interaction to date. To address this gap, we conducted a secondary analysis of a RCT dataset (N = 213), recruiting participants from California, to statistically test a sex-intervention interaction effect on complete 7-day point prevalence abstinence (PPA), proportion of days abstinent, and daily cigarettes smoked. Smoking was assessed using the timeline follow back method spanning the four weeks following a daily 14-day app-based intervention and a planned smoking quit date immediately following the intervention phase. All models adjusted for baseline nicotine dependence. The study groups had comparable sex proportions (MBI: 56 % female; control: 55 % female) and the ratio of outcome assessment completion by group was not dependent on sex. Adjusted analyses revealed a significant sex-intervention interaction effect for daily cigarettes smoked ([female coded 1]: two-way interaction effect IRR = 0.59, 95 % CI: 0.46–0.77, p < 0.0001; effect for female: IRR = 0.68, 95 % CI: 0.57–0.81, effect for male: IRR = 1.14, 95 % CI: 0.95–1.37), but not for complete 7-day PPA ([female coded 1] two-way interaction effect OR = 1.24, 95 % CI: 0.31–4.89, p = 0.76) or proportion of total days abstinent ([female coded 1] two-way interaction effect OR = 1.97, 95 % CI: 0.53–7.37, p = 0.31). Females, but not males, allocated to a daily app-based MBI with a quit plan and quit aid workbook smoked fewer cigarettes per day compared to females in the control group. Males, but not females, showed significantly less use of the MBI app compared to the control app.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7155,"journal":{"name":"Addictive behaviors","volume":"160 ","pages":"Article 108177"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142319115","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shannon Lea Watkins , Simon Page , Yoonsang Kim , Ganna Kostygina , Sherry Emery
{"title":"Flavored combustible tobacco product initiation in two longitudinal youth cohorts in the US Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study: 2013–2016 and 2016–2019","authors":"Shannon Lea Watkins , Simon Page , Yoonsang Kim , Ganna Kostygina , Sherry Emery","doi":"10.1016/j.addbeh.2024.108176","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.addbeh.2024.108176","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>Flavored tobacco products increase appeal and lower barriers to nicotine addiction for young people. We compared environmental, psychosocial, behavioral, and demographic characteristics between youth who started with flavored and non-flavored (i.e., tobacco-flavored) combustible tobacco products (CTPs).</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>We analyzed two representative US youth cohorts (baseline age 12–15) from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study (Wave 1 Cohort (W1) 2013–2016; Wave 4 Cohort (W4) 2016–2019). We first assessed baseline characteristics associated with any subsequent CTP initiation among youth with baseline never CTP use (W1 n=5,946; W4 n=8,240). Then, for baseline CTP-naïve youth with subsequent CTP initiation (new experimentation; W1 n=519; W4 n=538), we assessed baseline characteristics associated with subsequent initiation with flavored CTPs versus non-flavored.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Most youth reporting new CTP experimentation initiated with flavored CTPs (W1:67.8%; W4:74.2%). Household norms, susceptibility, baseline experimentation with vaping, alcohol, and/or cannabis; and White race were associated with CTP experimentation. For both cohorts, frequent social media use was associated with flavored CTP initiation (W4 AOR:2.50, 95%CI:1.22,5.12) and Black youth (W4 AOR:0.12, 95%CI:0.06,0.25) were less likely to initiate with flavored CTPs than White youth. Among W1 Cohort youth, perceiving flavored product use as easier was positively associated with flavored CTP initiation (AOR:1.48, 95%CI:1.01,2.17). Among W4 Cohort youth, baseline vaping was negatively associated with flavored CTP initiation (AOR:0.10, 95%CI:0.05,0.20).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Frequent social media use was associated with flavored CTP initiation among youth who used CTPs. Youth who had ever vaped and Black youth were less likely to initiate with flavored CTPs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7155,"journal":{"name":"Addictive behaviors","volume":"160 ","pages":"Article 108176"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142334142","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How stress influences e-cigarette health message perceptions and intentions to abstain from vaping among young adults who vape","authors":"Donghee N. Lee , Hye Min Kim , Elise M. Stevens","doi":"10.1016/j.addbeh.2024.108174","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.addbeh.2024.108174","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Purpose</h3><div>While most U.S. young adults attribute e-cigarette use (vaping) to stress coping, it is relatively unknown how young adults’ stress levels influence their e-cigarette health message responses and vaping abstinence intentions.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>In an online crowdsourcing study, young adults who currently vape (N = 346, M<sub>age</sub> = 25.24) were assessed for their past-30-day stress levels. Then, they saw a message about the health effects of vaping and were asked questions about the messages and their vaping abstinence intentions. We performed multiple regressions to examine the main effects of stress levels on message evaluation (message perceptions, effects perceptions) and intentions to abstain from vaping. We then examined the indirect effects of stress levels on abstinence intentions mediated by each message outcome, respectively. Models controlled for sociodemographic characteristics, mental health status, and past-30-day e-cigarette use and cigarette smoking.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Participants with higher stress levels reported more negative message evaluation (<em>ps</em> < 0.05). Additionally, participants with higher stress levels reported lower abstinence intentions via more negative message perceptions (b = -0.02, SE = 0.01, 95 % CI = -0.041, −0.004). Likewise, participants with higher stress levels reported lower abstinence intentions via more negative effects perceptions (b = -0.03, SE = 0.01, 95 % CI = -0.046, −0.008).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Higher stress levels were associated with negative message evaluation among young adults who vape. Additionally, the association of stress levels and abstinence intentions was mediated by negative message evaluation. Public health officials may need to account for stress levels in young adults to increase the effects of e-cigarette health messages on their intentions to abstain from vaping.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7155,"journal":{"name":"Addictive behaviors","volume":"160 ","pages":"Article 108174"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142314340","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Karina Janson , Nathalie E. Holz , Anna Kaiser , Pascal Aggensteiner , Sarah Baumeister , Daniel Brandeis , Tobias Banaschewski , Frauke Nees , IMAC-Mind Consortium
{"title":"Long-term impact of maternal prenatal smoking on EEG brain activity and internalizing/externalizing problem symptoms in young adults","authors":"Karina Janson , Nathalie E. Holz , Anna Kaiser , Pascal Aggensteiner , Sarah Baumeister , Daniel Brandeis , Tobias Banaschewski , Frauke Nees , IMAC-Mind Consortium","doi":"10.1016/j.addbeh.2024.108175","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.addbeh.2024.108175","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div>The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of smoking during pregnancy on the development of the child. While previous research has established its detrimental effects during early childhood, understanding potential long-term consequences into adulthood remains limited. This study specifically aimed to explore the influence of prenatal smoking exposure on brain activity and whether internalizing and externalizing symptoms are influenced by prenatal smoking exposure in a cohort of young adults.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Utilizing data from 176 participants (mean age <em>M</em> = 24.68, <em>SD</em> = 0.49) and their mothers enrolled in a longitudinal risk study (MARS), we employed Generalized Additive Mixed Models (GAMMs) to analyze electroencephalography (EEG) power at rest and behavioral outcomes derived from the Young Adult-Self-Report (YASR) scales. Both covariate-unadjusted and −adjusted models were used, taking into account participant variables such as sex and age, as well as maternal factors like psychopathology and alcohol consumption, in addition to smoking and alcohol intake by the participants themselves.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The study revealed a significant impact of prenatal smoking on delta and theta band power, indicating decreased slower brain activity in prenatally exposed individuals compared to unexposed counterparts. Additionally, individuals exposed to prenatal smoking exhibited significantly higher levels of externalizing behavior. While this association was strongly influenced by maternal psychopathology, the child’s gender, and the child’s own substance use, the effect on delta power band remained after adjusting for covariates.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>The findings suggest that prenatal smoking exposure may have enduring effects on brain activity patterns in young adulthood. Conversely, the influence on externalizing behaviors depended on familial factors (maternal psychopathology) and the lifestyle of the individual (substance use).</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7155,"journal":{"name":"Addictive behaviors","volume":"160 ","pages":"Article 108175"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142327213","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Danielle R. Davis, Krysten W. Bold, Ran Wu, Meghan E. Morean, Grace Kong, Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin
{"title":"Use of cannabis among youth who vape nicotine","authors":"Danielle R. Davis, Krysten W. Bold, Ran Wu, Meghan E. Morean, Grace Kong, Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin","doi":"10.1016/j.addbeh.2024.108173","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.addbeh.2024.108173","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Youth e-cigarette use remains a public health concern and many youth want to quit. However, cannabis use is common among youth who use e-cigarettes, which may interfere with nicotine cessation efforts. This study aimed to investigate cannabis use among youth who vape nicotine and are motivated to quit nicotine.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Connecticut youth (N=223, M<sub>age</sub> = 17.3 [SD=1.7] years) who completed an intake for a vaping cessation study reported on their nicotine vaping, cannabis products used, reasons for use, frequency of use, and readiness to quit cannabis. Descriptives characterized population. Regressions were used to examine association of cannabis use and nicotine vaping.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Most reported cannabis use (lifetime: 92.4 %; past-month: 68.6 %). Cannabis smoking and vaping were highly prevalent (smoking: lifetime − 90.8 %, current − 63.6 %; vaping: lifetime − 90.8 %, current − 63.1 %). Most reported preferring smoking cannabis (58.7 %) over other routes of administration. Common reasons for cannabis use, were psychoactive (e.g., getting high), physical (e.g., improving sleep), and social (e.g., partying). Cannabis use frequency and preferring smoking cannabis (vs. other modes) was positively associated with more frequent nicotine vaping (<em>ps</em> < 0.05). Participants averaged 6.3 (of 10) on a readiness to quit cannabis scale, a moderate desire to quit.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Cannabis use across multiple routes of administration was common among youth seeking help quitting vaping nicotine. Heaviness of cannabis and nicotine use appear to be associated, raising interesting harm-reduction challenges for those seeking to quit nicotine vaping. Understanding cannabis and nicotine co-use is important for targeting treatment for use of both substances.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7155,"journal":{"name":"Addictive behaviors","volume":"160 ","pages":"Article 108173"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142319114","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maansi Bansal-Travers , Cheryl Rivard , Andrew Anesetti-Rothermel , Aura Lee Morse , Anikah H. Salim , Haijun Xiao , Izabella Zandberg , MeLisa R. Creamer , Heather L. Kimmel , Eva Sharma , Kristie Taylor , Andrew Hyland , Geoffrey T. Fong
{"title":"Changes in the harm perceptions of different types of tobacco products for youth and adults: Waves 1–5 of the population assessment of tobacco and health (PATH) study, 2013–2019","authors":"Maansi Bansal-Travers , Cheryl Rivard , Andrew Anesetti-Rothermel , Aura Lee Morse , Anikah H. Salim , Haijun Xiao , Izabella Zandberg , MeLisa R. Creamer , Heather L. Kimmel , Eva Sharma , Kristie Taylor , Andrew Hyland , Geoffrey T. Fong","doi":"10.1016/j.addbeh.2024.108168","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.addbeh.2024.108168","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><p>Tobacco harm perceptions are associated with tobacco use for both youth and adults, but it is unknown how these harm perceptions have changed over time in a changing tobacco product landscape.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>Data from Waves 1–5 of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study were analyzed to examine perceptions of harm of eight non-cigarette tobacco products compared to cigarettes. Perceptions of harm were assessed with the questions, “Is smoking/using [product] less harmful, about the same, or more harmful than smoking cigarettes?”.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>The share of participants who perceived non-cigarette combustible products as posing similar harm to cigarettes increased over time, while the share of participants who perceived non-combustible products as less harmful than cigarettes decreased over time.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Tobacco harm perceptions are changing over time, along with the tobacco product marketplace and regulatory environment.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":7155,"journal":{"name":"Addictive behaviors","volume":"160 ","pages":"Article 108168"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030646032400217X/pdfft?md5=4599ffa7712471282f4c9a331f70492b&pid=1-s2.0-S030646032400217X-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142272732","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Claudia M. Cea , Hua-Hie Yong , Ron Borland , Christine E. Sheffer , Matilda K. Nottage , K. Michael Cummings
{"title":"Does Self-Reported smoking cessation fatigue predict making quit attempts and sustained abstinence among adults who smoke Regularly?","authors":"Claudia M. Cea , Hua-Hie Yong , Ron Borland , Christine E. Sheffer , Matilda K. Nottage , K. Michael Cummings","doi":"10.1016/j.addbeh.2024.108171","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.addbeh.2024.108171","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Quitting smoking is difficult and many people who smoke experience cessation fatigue (CF) as a result of multiple failed attempts. This study examined the association of CF with making and sustaining a smoking quit attempt.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Data analysed were 4,139 adults (aged 18 years or older) who smoked daily or weekly and participated in the 2018 and 2020 International Tobacco Control Four Country Smoking and Vaping Surveys (ITC 4CV) conducted in Australia, Canada, England, and the US. CF was assessed at baseline using a single question: “To what extent are you tired of trying to quit smoking?” with response options: “Not at all tired”; “Slightly tired”; “Moderately tired”; “Very tired”; or “Extremely tired”. We used binary logistic regression models to test the hypothesis that baseline CF would predict lower odds of both making a quit attempt and sustaining abstinence for a month or longer at follow-up adjusted for socio-demographic and smoking/vaping-related covariates.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Persons who currently smoked and reported at least some CF were more likely to make a quit attempt, but less likely to sustain abstinence for at least one month, than those who reported no CF. These associations were independent of socio-demographic variables, and they did not differ by country.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Contrary to expectation, CF was positively associated with making a quit attempt and non-linearly associated with lower rates of sustained abstinence at follow-up. While these findings should be replicated, they suggest that people with CF may benefit from targeted support to remain abstinent after a quit attempt.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7155,"journal":{"name":"Addictive behaviors","volume":"160 ","pages":"Article 108171"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030646032400220X/pdfft?md5=eeb074fe25bfddabb1092f3eb121c5e2&pid=1-s2.0-S030646032400220X-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142314435","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anouk Koops , Hua-Hie Yong , Ron Borland , Ann McNeill , Andrew Hyland , Valerie Lohner , Ute Mons
{"title":"Does perceived vaping addiction predict subsequent vaping cessation behaviour among adults who use nicotine vaping products regularly?","authors":"Anouk Koops , Hua-Hie Yong , Ron Borland , Ann McNeill , Andrew Hyland , Valerie Lohner , Ute Mons","doi":"10.1016/j.addbeh.2024.108172","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.addbeh.2024.108172","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>This study aimed to investigate whether perceived vaping addiction is a predictor of quitting nicotine vaping product (NVP) use among adults who have ever smoked and currently vape exclusively or predominantly in four countries: Australia, Canada, the US, and England.</div></div><div><h3>Method</h3><div>Data analysed (n = 574) came from participants (aged 18 + ) who completed the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Four Country Smoking and Vaping survey in 2018 and again in 2020. Baseline inclusion criteria were: (1) currently not smoking or non-daily smoking; and (2) using NVPs daily/weekly for a period of at least 4 months. Association of self-reported baseline levels of perceived vaping addiction with making any attempts to quit vaping and successful attempts reported at follow-up were examined using logistic regression models, controlling for potential sociodemographic and smoking/vaping-related confounders.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Participants who perceived themselves as being addicted to vaping were less likely to attempt to quit vaping than those who perceived themselves as not addicted. Among those who tried, those who perceived themselves being addicted were also less likely to succeed than those who perceived themselves as not addicted. No significant country differences in associations were observed for both outcomes.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Perceived vaping addiction was shown to have predictive utility for vaping cessation behaviours, possibly acting as an indicator of task difficulty, and thus may serve as a useful screening tool for identifying NVP users who may benefit from tailored cessation support programs if they want to stop using these products.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7155,"journal":{"name":"Addictive behaviors","volume":"160 ","pages":"Article 108172"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142327855","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}