Quitting activity and tobacco brand switching: findings from the ITC-4 Country Survey

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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Aust.N.Z.J.Public Health

Apr

109

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LR: 20160401; CI: (c) 2015; GR: P50 CA111236/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States; GR: R01 CA100362/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States; JID: 9611095; CIN: Aust N Z J Public Health. 2015 Apr;39(2):115. PMID: 25827184; CIN: Aust N Z J Public Health. 2015 Apr;39(2):114-5.

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1753-6405; 1326-0200

PMID: 25827182

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10.1111/1753-6405.12323 [doi]

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OBJECTIVE: Among Australian smokers, to examine associations between cigarette brand switching, quitting activity and possible causal directions by lagging the relationships in different directions. METHODS: Current smokers from nine waves (2002 to early 2012) of the ITC-4 Country Survey Australian dataset were surveyed. Measures were brand switching, both brand family and product type (roll-your-own versus factory-made cigarettes) reported in adjacent waves, interest in quitting, recent quit attempts, and one month sustained abstinence. RESULTS: Switching at one interval was unrelated to concurrent quit interest. Quit interest predicted switching at the following interval, but the effect disappeared once subsequent quit attempts were controlled for. Recent quit attempts more strongly predicted switching at concurrent (OR 1.34, 95%CI=1.18-1.52, p

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Cowie,G.A., Swift,E., Partos,T., Borland,R.

Department of Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Victoria.

PMC4506928

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2015