E-Cigarette Users Smoke Less and Increase Quit Attempts

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A recent study from 2017 shows that e-cigarettes can help smokers cut down and quit real cigarettes. 

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Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina gave e-cigarettes with nicotine to 46 smokers, while 22 others got none.  

Over four months, the e-cigarette users smoked 37 percent fewer regular cigarettes than the other group. They also tried harder to quit smoking completely.  

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E-cigarettes give nicotine without burning tobacco, so they are much safer than normal cigarettes and lower the risk of cancer. Many people liked them and even bought their own devices. Stronger ones with more nicotine worked best.  

But doctors say e-cigarettes are undoubtedly only for adult smokers who want to quit, not for kids or non-smokers.  

They are not completely safe and more long-term research is needed.  

Overall, anything that helps people stop smoking real cigarettes is good for health. 


Citation: Matthew J. Carpenter, Bryan W. Heckman, Amy E. Wahlquist, Theodore L. Wagener, Maciej L. Goniewicz, Kevin M. Gray, Brett Froeliger, K. Michael Cummings; A Naturalistic, Randomized Pilot Trial of E-Cigarettes: Uptake, Exposure, and Behavioral Effects. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 1 December 2017; 26 (12): 1795–1803. https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-17-0460

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