Publications by authors named "E Arillo-Santillan"
Article Synopsis
- Low- and middle-income countries, including Mexico, are increasingly restricting e-cigarettes, but there’s limited knowledge about where adults obtain them and their nicotine use.
- A study of 2,060 Mexican adults who smoke and use e-cigarettes found that 45.9% acquired e-cigarettes from social sources, while 28.7% purchased them online.
- Most participants reported using e-cigarettes with nicotine, highlighting that even with a ban in place, adults still find various ways to access them, including online and vape shops.
Introduction: Reasons for using and stopping the use of e-cigarettes and their associations with transitions in nicotine product use are relatively unknown in countries with e-cigarette bans, such as Mexico.
Methods: Data comes from an open cohort of people who smoke in Mexico, surveyed every 4 months from November 2018 to November 2021. Those who smoked and used e-cigarettes at time t (n=904 individuals, 1653 observations) were categorised at 4-month follow-up (t+1): (1) continued 'dual use', (2) exclusive smoking, (3) exclusive use of e-cigarettes or neither product.
Introduction: This study assessed quit attempts among adults who use cigarettes either exclusively or with e-cigarettes in Mexico, where non-daily smoking predominates.
Methods: An open cohort of Mexican adults who smoke was surveyed every four months from November 2018 to March 2021. Participants followed to the next survey were analyzed (n = 2220 individuals, 4560 observations).
Introduction: Heated tobacco products (HTPs) are promoted as less harmful than cigarettes; nonetheless, whether HTPs help smokers quit is uncertain.
Methods: Data from 4067 Mexican adult smokers surveyed longitudinally every four months (November 2019-March 2021) were analyzed. Mixed-effects multinomial models regressed HTP use frequency (no use=reference; monthly; weekly; and daily use) on sociodemographics and tobacco/nicotine-related variables.
Introduction: This study aimed to assess whether two established psychosocial predictors of smoking abstinence, nicotine dependence and time-discounting, also apply to a population of predominantly cigarette light smokers, which is the dominant pattern of smoking in countries like Mexico. Relatively infrequent smoking is increasingly prevalent, yet still harmful, making it important to understand the predictors of cessation in this population.
Aims And Methods: Mexican adult smokers recruited from an online consumer panel were surveyed every 4 months between November 2018 and July 2020.