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Article

Heated Tobacco Products and Nicotine Pouches: A Survey of People with Experience of Smoking and/or Vaping in the UK

by
Leonie S. Brose
1,2,*,
Máirtín S. McDermott
1 and
Ann McNeill
1,2
1
Addictions, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, 4 Windsor Walk, London SE5 8BB, UK
2
SPECTRUM Consortium, Edinburgh EH8 9YL, UK
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18(16), 8852; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18168852
Submission received: 28 June 2021 / Revised: 23 July 2021 / Accepted: 4 August 2021 / Published: 22 August 2021
(This article belongs to the Collection Health Behaviors, Risk Factors, NCDs and Health Promotion)

Abstract

Background: To gauge the public health impact of new nicotine products, information is needed on use among different populations. Aims were to assess in adults who smoked, vaped, did both or had recently stopped: (1) awareness, ever and current use of heated tobacco products (HTPs) and nicotine pouches (NP), (2) characteristics associated with ever use, (3) reasons for use of and satisfaction with HTPs, (4) characteristics associated with interest in use of HTPs. Methods: Online survey in the UK in 2019, n = 3883. (1) Proportion aware, ever and current (≥monthly) use; (2) ever use regressed onto socio-demographics and smoking/vaping; (3) frequency of reasons for HTP use and satisfaction; (4) interest in trying HTPs regressed onto socio-demographics and smoking/vaping status. Results: Awareness was 34.8% for HTP and 15.9% for NP; current use was 3.2% and 2.7%. Being <45 years, higher education, living in London and currently both smoking and vaping were associated with ever having used the products. Curiosity was the most common reason for HTP use (79.8%) and 72.0% of ever HTP users found them at least as satisfying as smoking. Among those not currently using HTPs, 48.5% expressed any interest—lower among those aged over 65 and higher among those smoking and vaping. Conclusions: In this sample of adults with a history of nicotine use, very few currently used heated tobacco products or nicotine pouches. Satisfaction with and interest in HTPs were substantial. The low level of use is unlikely to substantially reduce the public health impact of smoking.
Keywords: nicotine; novel tobacco products; smoking; inequalities nicotine; novel tobacco products; smoking; inequalities

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Brose, L.S.; McDermott, M.S.; McNeill, A. Heated Tobacco Products and Nicotine Pouches: A Survey of People with Experience of Smoking and/or Vaping in the UK. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 8852. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18168852

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Brose LS, McDermott MS, McNeill A. Heated Tobacco Products and Nicotine Pouches: A Survey of People with Experience of Smoking and/or Vaping in the UK. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(16):8852. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18168852

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Brose, Leonie S., Máirtín S. McDermott, and Ann McNeill. 2021. "Heated Tobacco Products and Nicotine Pouches: A Survey of People with Experience of Smoking and/or Vaping in the UK" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 16: 8852. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18168852

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Brose, L. S., McDermott, M. S., & McNeill, A. (2021). Heated Tobacco Products and Nicotine Pouches: A Survey of People with Experience of Smoking and/or Vaping in the UK. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(16), 8852. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18168852

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