E-cigarettes are devices designed to provide nicotine with flavors or other chemicals in the form of vapor instead of smoke.
Smoking Cessation Increases in the US But Also The Use of E-cigarettes
Within a year, 1% of the smoking population have quit the habit but have started using e-cigarettes.
Within a year, 1% of the smoking population have quit the habit but have started using e-cigarettes.
‘Over half of daily e-cigarette users had quit smoking in the past five years, compared to 28 percent of adults who had never tried e-cigarettes.’
The findings revealed that the probability of quitting cigarettes was three times higher among daily e-cigarette users compared to never e-cigarette users. They analyzed for participants' desire to quit smoking cigarettes and controlling for other factors known to predict quitting such as educational attainment, health insurance and age. This is one of the first studies to reveal the patterns of cessation prevalence among e-cigarette users at a national level. Lead author Daniel Giovenco at the Mailman School of Public Health said that the findings suggest that frequent e-cigarette use may play an important role in cessation or relapse prevention for some smokers.
They used data from the 2014 and 2015 National Health Interview Survey. "Without knowing details about device attributes, user experiences and motivations for e-cigarette use, reasons for low cessation rates among infrequent e-cigarette users are unclear," stated the study's second author Cristine Delnevo from Rutgers School of Public Health. The research appears online in the journal Addictive Behaviors.
Rise in E-Cigarettes Associated With Increased Smoking Cessation
In 2014-15, e-cigarette users attempted to quit cigarette smoking and succeeded in quitting smoking at higher rates than non-users.
In 2014-15, e-cigarette users attempted to quit cigarette smoking and succeeded in quitting smoking at higher rates than non-users.
Toxins in E-cigarette Vapor Also Have Harmful Effects
Heavy use and secondhand emissions of e-cigarettes could lead to inhaled levels of toxins that exceed set exposure limits in e-cigarettes .
Heavy use and secondhand emissions of e-cigarettes could lead to inhaled levels of toxins that exceed set exposure limits in e-cigarettes .
E-Cigarettes Exposure can Lead to Aortic Stiffness in the Heart's Main Artery
About three out of every four teen smokers goes on to smoke as an adult, due to their addiction to nicotine (the primary ingredient in e-cigs).
About three out of every four teen smokers goes on to smoke as an adult, due to their addiction to nicotine (the primary ingredient in e-cigs).
