Major findings and in-depth analysis of a fourth-wave panel study of smokers based on the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Na Gyeongin, Choi Jongyun, Oh Kyungwon
Division of Health and Nutrition Survey, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, KCDC
Yi Jeeeun, Park Jungeun, Hwang Seung-sik
Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University

Beginning the tobacco price increase in 2015, policies to reduce smoking rates and the production of supporting evidence have been required. In order to monitor the effects of smoking behavior and smoking cessation policies, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) launched a panel of smokers based on the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) in 2015. Until July 2019, 477 of the cumulative panelists participated in the 4th follow-up of smoker panels, and there was a difference in the maintenance of smoking cessation among the groups using liquid e-cigarette and heated tobacco products (HTPs) containing nicotine. People who have used or are using liquid e-cigarettes containing nicotine are more likely to quit smoking, while those who use HTPs are more likely to smoke. In other words, the use of HTPs seems to be an another way of smoking method than a substitute for smoking cessation, compared to liquid e-cigarettes containing nicotine.

Keywords: Smoking cessation, Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey,   Electronic cigarettes, Smoker, Tobacco, Follow-up studies