Nicotine vaping products during an attempt to quit smoking by Canadian adults who smoke or recently quit: findings from the 2022 Canada International Tobacco Control Four Country Smoking and Vaping

09 January 2025

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Of the 1771 adults who were eligible for inclusion for further analyses, 36.5% (weighted; n = 739) reported that they attempted to quit smoking at least once in the last 2 years; 37.4% did not use any assistance, 31.2% used NRT, 19.4% used an NVP, 12.2% used prescription medication (varenicline or bupropion) and 8.8% used support services.

Those who used an NVP when they most recently tried to quit were more likely to be younger (18–39 years; p < 0.001) and to report having quit smoking (31.5%; p < 0.001) and used support services (34.9%; p = 0.03) (see Table 1). Of those respondents who used an NVP (n = 169), 45.5% also used NRT (n = 61), 13.5% used a prescription medication (n = 22) and 20.7% used support services (n = 21).