Abstract submitted

Next September, the Spanish Society of Epidemiology will hold its 43rd Annual Meeting in Las Palmas. The Health Behavior Studies Unit of the National Center for Epidemiology (Carlos III Health Institute) has organized a thematic panel on «Behavioral Studies for Better Health,» where we hope to present our paper entitled «E-cigarette Use and Smoking Cessation Among the General Population in Spain: A Behavioral Science Perspective.»

The abstract we have submitted shows the results of a cross-sectional observational study based on microdata from current smokers (4,178 daily and 460 occasional smokers) and former smokers (5,379) interviewed as part of the European Health Survey in Spain (EES-2020). The association between smoking cessation (currently smoking vs. having quit smoking) and e-cigarette use, social support (poor, moderate, or strong on the Oslo scale), age, and occupational social class was assessed using bivariate (comparison of proportions) and multivariate (binary logistic regression) analyses for women and men separately.

This study is part of one of the components of the project Behavior Design and Public Health: Explaining Unassisted Smoking Cessation, which I am currently working on.

Do you know someone who has quit smoking? You may help us!

We have begun recruiting participants for the qualitative substudy of the project «Behaviour Design and Public Health: Explaining Unassisted Smoking Cessation.» If you have quit smoking, or know someone who has quit smoking in the last two years, you can help us.

We have posted announcements on social media (LinkedIn, X, Bluesky) and in e-newsletters asking for your participation in our study. To help us, simply access  THIS LINK to answer a few screening questions and, if possible, provide us with an address so we can schedule a brief online interview of less than 30 minutes.

Letter on Nicotine Pouches published

As evidence of the impact of tobacco use on individual and collective health has become increasingly published, the industry has developed new products that promised to help smokers maintain or quit their addiction with less risk. Thus, during the second half of the 20th century, the use of cigarette filters and «light» cigarettes with low nicotine and tar content became widespread. The spread of new products has often contributed to delaying the adoption of effective tobacco control policies.

Over the past two decades, new nicotine-containing products have emerged, such as e-cigarettes, and more recently, nicotine pouches have entered our market. These products are also advertised as smoking cessation aids, but their impact on public health has not been sufficiently assessed.

Last September, we were able to submit a scientific letter regarding nicotine pouches, the available evidence on their characteristics and effects on health, and the need to adopt preventive measures. This letter was published in the Spanish Journal of Public Health (Revista Española de Salud Pública):

Suelves Joanxich JM, Valverde A, Armayones M. Bolsitas de nicotina (“snus blanco”), otro escollo frente al control del tabaquismo que conviene conocer y abordar : e202501004. Rev Esp Salud Pública [Internet]. 30 de enero de 2025 [cited April 27, 2025];99(1): Avaliable in: https://ojs.sanidad.gob.es/index.php/resp/article/view/783

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