Tobacco Quitlines May Help Exclusive Vapers Quit: An Analysis of Data From an Employer-Sponsored Quitline
RESEARCH BRIEF — Volume 20 — June 8, 2023
PEER REVIEWED
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Thirty-day self-reported smoking and vaping abstinence outcomes for callers to employer-sponsored quitlines 6 months after registration. Quitline registration was completed from January 2017 through October 2020. Intent-to-treat assumes all participants who did not respond to follow-up were continued users. Error bars indicate 95% CIs.
Outcome | Exclusive vapers, % (95% CI) (n = 1,194) | Exclusive smokers, % (95% CI) (n = 22,845) |
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Respondent quit rates | 62.5 (59.4–65.6) | 58.5 (55.6–61.4) |
Intent-to-treat quit rates | 25.5 (24.2–26.8) | 21.4 (20.3–22.5) |