Reasons for Regularly Using Heated Tobacco Products among Adult Current and Former Smokers in Japan: Finding from 2018 ITC Japan Survey

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Takahiro Tabuchi¹  SteveS. Xu²  Janine Ouimet²  AnneC. K. Quah²  Gang Meng²  GeoffreyT. Fong²  Mi Yan²  Shannon Gravely²  RichardJ. O’Connor³  Edward Sutanto³  Itsuro Yoshimi⁴  Yumiko Mochizuki⁵ 

[1] Cancer Control Center, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Chome-1-69 Otemae, Chuo Ward, Osaka 541-8567, Japan;Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada;Division of Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences, Department of Health Behaviors Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA;Division of Tobacco Policy Research, National Cancer Center Japan, 5-1-1 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan;Japan Cancer Society, 13th Floor, Yurakucho Center Bldg. 2-5-1, Yurakucho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0006, Japan;

关键词: heated tobacco products;    cigarettes;    Japan;    reasons;    current smoker;    former smoker;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ijerph17218030

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The market growth of heated tobacco products (HTPs), such as IQOS, Ploom TECH, and glo, has increased dramatically in Japan since 2016. Little is known about the reasons why current and former smokers are using HTPs. The data for this cross-sectional study were from the 2018 (Wave 1) International Tobacco Control (ITC) Japan Survey, a national web-based survey of 4500 people, including 658 current HTP users, of whom 549 were concurrently smoking cigarettes and 109 were former smokers. The most common reasons for regularly using HTPs were: beliefs that HTP are less harmful than cigarettes to themselves (90.6%) or to others (86.7%), enjoyment (76.5%), and social acceptability (74.4%). About half of current smokers (55.1%) reported using HTPs because these products might help them quit smoking. However, a near-equal percentage (52.0%) of current smokers reported using HTPs to replace some of the cigarettes they smoked so that they did not have to give up smoking altogether. If smokers are using HTPs to complement rather than quit their smoking, then the harm reduction potential of HTPs suggested by the toxicity studies will be diminished.

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