Although they are not risk-free, electronic cigarettes may be more effective in quitting smoking than traditional substitutes. Vaping nicotine instead of inhaling tobacco smoke gives you a better chance of achieving smoking abstinence according to this new study.
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To quit smoking, what is the best substitute? According to American researchers, electronic cigarettes appear to be more effective than patches, gums, lozenges or other traditional products. Tobacco is responsible for 75,000 deaths per year in France, including 45,000 from cancer. It is also the leading cause of preventable cancers.
“ Most adults who smoke (…) want to quit, but many have difficulty doing sosays Professor Jamie Hartmann-Boyce of the University of Massachusetts. We need a range of evidence-based options. Because some people will try many ways to quit smoking before finding the one that works for them. “.
The less harmful e-cigarette
The researcher thus reviewed 88 studies conducted in the United States, the United Kingdom or Italy and involving more than 27,000 participants. The analysis found that for every 100 people using e-cigarettes, eight to ten are expected to successfully quit, compared with six for those using a traditional substitute and four for those trying to quit without help.
“ We have very clear evidence that, although not risk-free, nicotine e-cigarettes are significantly less harmful than smokingexplains Jamie Hartmann-Boyce. Some people who have not had success with other techniques in the past have found that e-cigarettes can help them “.
The researcher also recalls that in England, “ Unlike the rest of the world, e-cigarettes have been adopted by public health agencies as a tool to help people reduce the harms of tobacco “.
