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Intentions and Attempts to Quit JUUL E-Cigarette Use: The Role of Perceived Harm and Addiction
ORIGINAL RESEARCH — Volume 19 — February 3, 2022
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Figure 1.
Frequency of quit variables by harm and addiction perceptions among a sample of US adult JUUL users (N = 301), 2019–2020.
| Quit Outcome | Addictiveness, No. (%) | Harm, Compared With Smoking, No. (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not at all | Moderately | Very | Much Less | Less | Just as Much | Much More | |
| Intention | |||||||
| Quit in year | 2 (8.3) | 36 (17.8) | 30 (40.0) | 16 (19.8) | 30 (20.3) | 16 (25.8) | 6 (60.0) |
| Continue using | 22 (91.7) | 166 (82.2) | 45 (60.0) | 65 (80.2) | 118 (79.7) | 46 (74.2) | 4 (40.0) |
| Attempt | |||||||
| No | 23 (95.8) | 159 (78.7) | 51 (68.0) | 65 (80.2) | 121 (81.8) | 41 (66.1) | 6 (60.0) |
| Yes | 1 (4.2) | 43 (21.3) | 24 (32.0) | 16 (19.8) | 27 (18.2) | 21 (33.9) | 4 (40.0) |
| Importance | |||||||
| Low | 17 (70.8) | 98 (48.5) | 30 (40.0) | 59 (72.8) | 65 (43.9) | 20 (32.3) | 1 (10.0) |
| Medium | 6 (25.0) | 82 (40.6) | 25 (33.3) | 16 (19.8) | 67 (45.3) | 27 (43.5) | 3 (30.0) |
| High | 1 (4.2) | 22 (10.9) | 20 (26.7) | 6 (7.4) | 16 (10.8) | 15 (24.2) | 6 (60.0) |
| Confidence | |||||||
| Low | 5 (20.8) | 39 (19.3) | 25 (33.3) | 24 (29.6) | 34 (23.0) | 9 (14.5) | 2 (20.0) |
| Medium | 7 (29.2) | 98 (48.5) | 35 (46.7) | 31 (38.3) | 74 (50.0) | 31 (50.0) | 4 (40.0) |
| High | 12 (50.0) | 65 (32.2) | 15 (20.0) | 26 (32.1) | 40 (27.0) | 22 (35.5) | 4 (40.0) |
Figure 2.
Mean PSECDI dependence score by level of A) perceived addictiveness of JUUL and B) perceived harm (compared with smoking) of JUUL among a sample of US adult JUUL users (N = 301), 2019–2020. Boxes indicate the 25th percentile, median, and 75th percentile. Whiskers show the minimum and maximum ranges. Abbreviation: PSECDI, Penn State Electronic Cigarette Dependence Index.
| PSECDI Dependence Score | Perceived Addictiveness | Perceived Harm, Compared With Smoking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not at all | Moderately | Very | Much Less | Less | Just as Much | Much More | |
| Median | 5 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 11 |
| 75th percentile | 7.8 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 14 |
| 25th percentile | 1 | 5 | 8 | 5.5 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| Minimum | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Maximum | 11 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 |
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