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*Regulatory approaches vary considerably around the world but in the UK and Europe, e-cigarettes are regulated as consumer or medicinal product, and their use is permitted. In the UK, e-cigarettes have increasingly been supported by public health institutions for smoking cessation as part of a Tobacco Harm Reduction strategy. | *Regulatory approaches vary considerably around the world but in the UK and Europe, e-cigarettes are regulated as consumer or medicinal product, and their use is permitted. In the UK, e-cigarettes have increasingly been supported by public health institutions for smoking cessation as part of a Tobacco Harm Reduction strategy. | ||
*The potential harms (including to oral health) from e-cigarette use are likely to be much less than from tobacco cigarettes. | *The potential harms (including to oral health) from e-cigarette use are likely to be much less than from tobacco cigarettes. | ||
===2022: [https://dentistry.co.uk/2022/08/22/vaping-and-oral-health-an-update-for-the-dental-team/ Vaping and oral health – an update for the dental team]=== | |||
*In summary, e-cigarettes have good evidence to support them as an effective smoking cessation aid for tobacco smokers. Smokers can expect to see substantial improvements in their oral health if they fully switch to an e-cigarette. Longer-term use is a balanced judgement between smoking relapse prevention against the small risk of any detrimental effects from the e-cigarettes themselves. | |||
===2022: [https://journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.1128/mbio.00075-22 Electronic Cigarette Use Promotes a Unique Periodontal Microbiome]=== | ===2022: [https://journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.1128/mbio.00075-22 Electronic Cigarette Use Promotes a Unique Periodontal Microbiome]=== | ||