Abstract：
OBJECTIVE: With the prevalence of e-cigarette use among Australian youth increasing significantly in recent years, greater attention is being paid to encouraging and supporting cessation. However, research to inform such efforts is lacking. The present study sought to (i) measure desire to quit e-cigarette use and actual quitting attempts among young Australians and (ii) explore correlates of quitting-related cognitions and behaviours.
METHODS: This was a cross-sectional on-line survey conducted in Australia. The participants were 14-25-year-old e-cigarette users (n = 602; 53% women).
METHODS: Desire to quit vaping and attempts to quit vaping were the primary dependent variables. The independent variables included several individual (e.g. harm perceptions, perceived appeal of vapes), social (descriptive norms) and environmental (e.g. ease of e-cigarette access) factors.
RESULTS: A majority of respondents (61%) expressed a desire to quit vaping, and just over half (55%) had made a quit attempt. Finding vapes easy to access was associated with both a lack of desire [odds ratio (OR) = 0.71] and attempts to quit (OR = 0.77), while self-reported addiction to vaping (OR = 1.42 and OR = 3.11) and perceiving vaping to be associated with mental health risks (OR = 1.30 and OR = 1.40) were positively correlated with these variables. Perceiving that vaping is common among people of one\'s age (OR = 0.82) and finding vapes appealing (OR = 0.55) were associated with a lack of desire to quit, while perceiving vaping to have physical health risks was positively associated with quitting desire (OR = 1.58). School-based education on vaping was associated with reporting an attempt/s to quit (OR = 0.47).
CONCLUSIONS: This survey of young Australian e-cigarette users suggests a high level of desire to quit using e-cigarettes and attempts to quit. Increasing knowledge regarding the physical and mental health risks associated with e-cigarette use may assist with promoting quitting-related intentions. Changing social norms, reducing the accessibility of e-cigarettes and reducing the appeal of the products also constitute potential means of increasing the desire to quit.
METHODS: This was a cross-sectional on-line survey conducted in Australia. The participants were 14-25-year-old e-cigarette users (n = 602; 53% women).
METHODS: Desire to quit vaping and attempts to quit vaping were the primary dependent variables. The independent variables included several individual (e.g. harm perceptions, perceived appeal of vapes), social (descriptive norms) and environmental (e.g. ease of e-cigarette access) factors.
RESULTS: A majority of respondents (61%) expressed a desire to quit vaping, and just over half (55%) had made a quit attempt. Finding vapes easy to access was associated with both a lack of desire [odds ratio (OR) = 0.71] and attempts to quit (OR = 0.77), while self-reported addiction to vaping (OR = 1.42 and OR = 3.11) and perceiving vaping to be associated with mental health risks (OR = 1.30 and OR = 1.40) were positively correlated with these variables. Perceiving that vaping is common among people of one\'s age (OR = 0.82) and finding vapes appealing (OR = 0.55) were associated with a lack of desire to quit, while perceiving vaping to have physical health risks was positively associated with quitting desire (OR = 1.58). School-based education on vaping was associated with reporting an attempt/s to quit (OR = 0.47).
CONCLUSIONS: This survey of young Australian e-cigarette users suggests a high level of desire to quit using e-cigarettes and attempts to quit. Increasing knowledge regarding the physical and mental health risks associated with e-cigarette use may assist with promoting quitting-related intentions. Changing social norms, reducing the accessibility of e-cigarettes and reducing the appeal of the products also constitute potential means of increasing the desire to quit.
摘要：
目的：近年来，随着澳大利亚年轻人使用电子烟的患病率显着增加，人们更加重视鼓励和支持戒烟。然而,缺乏为这种努力提供信息的研究。本研究旨在（i）衡量年轻澳大利亚人放弃电子烟使用和实际戒烟尝试的愿望，以及（ii）探索与戒烟相关的认知和行为的相关性。
方法：这是一项在澳大利亚进行的横断面在线调查。参与者是14-25岁的电子烟使用者（n=602;53％的女性）。
方法：退出vaping的愿望和尝试退出vaping是主要的因变量。独立变量包括几个个体(例如伤害感知，感知到的vapes吸引力)，社会(描述性规范)和环境(例如电子烟获取的便利性)因素。
结果：大多数受访者（61％）表示希望戒烟，超过一半(55%)的人尝试过戒烟。发现vapes容易获得与缺乏欲望[赔率比（OR）=0.71]和尝试退出（OR=0.77），而自我报告的vaping成瘾（OR=1.42和OR=3.11）和认为vaping与心理健康风险相关（OR=1.30和OR=1.40）与这些变量呈正相关。认为vaping是常见的人的年龄（OR=0.82）和发现有吸引力的vapes（OR=0.55）与缺乏戒烟的欲望有关，虽然认为vaping具有身体健康风险与戒烟欲望呈正相关（OR=1.58）。基于学校的电子烟教育与报告尝试戒烟有关（OR=0.47）。
结论：这项对年轻的澳大利亚电子烟使用者的调查表明，人们非常渴望戒烟并尝试戒烟。增加有关与使用电子烟相关的身心健康风险的知识可能有助于促进戒烟相关的意图。改变社会规范，减少电子烟的可及性和减少产品的吸引力也构成了增加戒烟欲望的潜在手段。
方法：这是一项在澳大利亚进行的横断面在线调查。参与者是14-25岁的电子烟使用者（n=602;53％的女性）。
方法：退出vaping的愿望和尝试退出vaping是主要的因变量。独立变量包括几个个体(例如伤害感知，感知到的vapes吸引力)，社会(描述性规范)和环境(例如电子烟获取的便利性)因素。
结果：大多数受访者（61％）表示希望戒烟，超过一半(55%)的人尝试过戒烟。发现vapes容易获得与缺乏欲望[赔率比（OR）=0.71]和尝试退出（OR=0.77），而自我报告的vaping成瘾（OR=1.42和OR=3.11）和认为vaping与心理健康风险相关（OR=1.30和OR=1.40）与这些变量呈正相关。认为vaping是常见的人的年龄（OR=0.82）和发现有吸引力的vapes（OR=0.55）与缺乏戒烟的欲望有关，虽然认为vaping具有身体健康风险与戒烟欲望呈正相关（OR=1.58）。基于学校的电子烟教育与报告尝试戒烟有关（OR=0.47）。
结论：这项对年轻的澳大利亚电子烟使用者的调查表明，人们非常渴望戒烟并尝试戒烟。增加有关与使用电子烟相关的身心健康风险的知识可能有助于促进戒烟相关的意图。改变社会规范，减少电子烟的可及性和减少产品的吸引力也构成了增加戒烟欲望的潜在手段。
