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*Among current e-cigarette users, 84% reported using e-cigarettes to quit cigarettes, to cut down on cigarettes, or because they believe they are less harmful than cigarettes. The least common reason for use was cost (48%). Among former e-cigarette users, 78% reported using e-cigarettes to quit cigarettes, to cut down on cigarettes, or because they believe they are less harmful than cigarettes, and the least common reason was also cost (30%). | *Among current e-cigarette users, 84% reported using e-cigarettes to quit cigarettes, to cut down on cigarettes, or because they believe they are less harmful than cigarettes. The least common reason for use was cost (48%). Among former e-cigarette users, 78% reported using e-cigarettes to quit cigarettes, to cut down on cigarettes, or because they believe they are less harmful than cigarettes, and the least common reason was also cost (30%). | ||
*[https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11606-017-4123-x.pdf PDF Version] | *[https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11606-017-4123-x.pdf PDF Version] | ||
===2016: [https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/25/Suppl_1/i90 Long-term e-cigarette use and smoking cessation: a longitudinal study with US population ]=== | |||
*E-cigarettes have grown popular. The most common pattern is dual use with conventional cigarettes. Dual use has raised concerns that it might delay quitting of cigarette smoking. This study examined the relationship between long-term use of e-cigarettes and smoking cessation in a 2-year period. | |||
*Dual use of e-cigarettes and cigarettes was not associated with a lower smoking cessation rate. | |||
*Among those making a quit attempt, use of e-cigarettes as a cessation aid surpassed that of FDA-approved pharmacotherapy. | |||
*Long-term use of e-cigarettes was associated with a higher rate of quitting smoking. | |||
*[https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/tobaccocontrol/25/Suppl_1/i90.full.pdf PDF Version] | |||
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