Myth: Alternative nicotine products don't help people stop smoking: Difference between revisions

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===2021: [https://ash.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Use-of-e-cigarettes-vapes-among-adults-in-Great-Britain-2021.pdf Use of e-cigarettes (vapes) among adults in  Great Britain]===
*Nearly two thirds of current vapers are ex-smokers (64.6%), and the proportion continues to grow, while the proportion who also smoke (known as dual users) has fallen to 30.5% in 2021.
*Fewer than 1% of never smokers are current vapers (amounting to 4.9% of vapers).
*As in previous years the main reason given by ex-smokers for vaping is to help them quit (36%) then to prevent relapse (20%).
*The main reason given by current smokers for vaping is to cut down (26%) then to help them quit (17%) and to prevent relapse (14%).
*Nearly a third of smokers incorrectly believe vaping is more or equally as harmful as smoking (32% compared to 34% in 2020).
*Citation: Action on Smoking and Health (ASH). Use of e-cigarettes (vapes) among adults in Great Britain. 2021


===2021: [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0306460321002227 Predictors of smoking reduction among african american and latinx smokers in a randomized controlled trial of JUUL e-cigarettes]===
===2021: [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0306460321002227 Predictors of smoking reduction among african american and latinx smokers in a randomized controlled trial of JUUL e-cigarettes]===