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

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*The increase in prevalence of e‐cigarette use by smokers in England has been positively associated with an increase in success rates of quit attempts and overall quit rates
*The increase in prevalence of e‐cigarette use by smokers in England has been positively associated with an increase in success rates of quit attempts and overall quit rates
*[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/add.14851 PDF Version]
*[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/add.14851 PDF Version]
===2019: [https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/add.14722 Indicators of cigarette smoking dependence and relapse in former smokers who vape compared with those who do not: findings from the 2016 International Tobacco Control Four Country Smoking and Vaping Survey]===
*Vapers were more likely than non-vapers to report: (1) having smoked within 5 minutes of waking; having smoked > 10 cigarettes/day; (2) perceiving themselves to be still very addicted to smoking and feeling extremely confident about staying quit.
*In totality, therefore, our findings favour the first explanation, that in our sample the daily vapers had been a more highly dependent group than the non-vapers, which would support the suggestion that vaping might be offering a novel route out of smoking for this group of smokers, albeit maintaining their nicotine addiction.
*[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/add.14722 PDF Version]
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