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. 2019 Dec 4;115(5):961–974. doi: 10.1111/add.14851

Table 1.

Adjusted estimated percentage point changes in quitting activities and cigarette consumption as a function of current e‐cigarette use, based on ARIMAX models.

Quit attempts

Overall quit rate

Average cigarette consumption per day
Percentage change per 1% change in the exposure 95% CI P‐value Percentage change per 1% change in the exposure 95% CI P‐value Percentage change per 1% change in the exposure 95% CI P‐value
Prevalence of current e‐cigarette use 0.011 –0.046 to 0.069 0.698 0.054 0.032 to 0.076 < 0.001 0.019 –0.043 to 0.082 0.542
Mass media 0.026 −0.014 to 0.066 0.196 0.214 0.118 to 0.309 < 0.001 −0.005 −0.032 to 0.023 0.739
Total change due to the exposure 95% CI P‐value Total change due to the exposure 95% CI P‐value Total change due to the exposure 95% CI P‐value
Smoking ban (temporary impact in third quarter of 2007) −0.026 −0.133 to 0.081 0.636 0.480 0.187 to 0.772 0.001 −0.034 −0.084 to 0.017 0.193
Increase in age of sale (temporary impact in fourth quarter of 2007) 0.036 −0.070 to 0.143 0.503 0.446 0.147 to 0.745 0.003 0.011 −0.041 to 0.064 0.674
Move to local authority (temporary impact in second quarter of 2013) 0.041 −0.055 to 0.138 0.403 −0.027 −0.320 to 0.265 0.854 0.018 −0.034 to 0.071 0.498
Tobacco control directive (temporary impact in the second quarter of 2016) −0.078 −0.169 to 0.012 0.089 0.147 −0.143 to 0.436 0.322 −0.039 −0.106 to 0.029 0.261

Model

Lag for e‐cigarettes

Lag for mass media

Adjusted R 2

ARIMA(0,1,0)(1,0,0)4

No lag

No lag

65.47

ARIMA(0,1,1)(1,0,0)4

No lag

No lag

45.97

ARIMA(0,1,1)(1,0,0)4

No lag

No lag

92.34

ARIMA = autoregressive integrated moving average analysis; ARIMAX = autoregressive integrated moving average with exogeneous input; CI = confidence interval.