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===2018: [https://www.casaa.org/wp-content/uploads/American-Cancer-Society-Position-Statement-on-Electronic-Cigarettes.pdf American Cancer Society Position Statement on Electronic Cigarettes]===  
===2018: [https://www.casaa.org/wp-content/uploads/American-Cancer-Society-Position-Statement-on-Electronic-Cigarettes.pdf American Cancer Society Position Statement on Electronic Cigarettes]===  
*Based on currently available evidence, using current generation e-cigarettes is less harmful than smoking cigarettes, but the health effects of long-term use are not known.  
*Based on currently available evidence, using current generation e-cigarettes is less harmful than smoking cigarettes, but the health effects of long-term use are not known.  
*The ACS has always supported any smoker who is considering quitting, no matter what approach they use; there is nothing more important that they can do for their health.
*The ACS has always supported any smoker who is considering quitting, no matter what approach they use; there is nothing more important that they can do for their health. Some smokers, despite firm clinician advice, will not attempt to quit smoking cigarettes and will not use FDA approved cessation medications.  These individuals should be encouraged to switch to the least harmful form of tobacco product possible; switching to the exclusive use of e cigarettes is preferable to continuing to smoke combustible products.
Some smokers, despite firm clinician advice, will not attempt to quit smoking cigarettes and will not use FDA approved cessation medications.  These individuals should be encouraged to switch to the least harmful form of tobacco product possible; switching to the exclusive use of e-cigarettes is preferable to continuing to smoke combustible products.
 


===2018: [https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/add.14527 Discussions between health professionals and smokers about nicotine vaping products: results from the 2016 ITC Four Country Smoking and Vaping Survey]===
===2018: [https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/add.14527 Discussions between health professionals and smokers about nicotine vaping products: results from the 2016 ITC Four Country Smoking and Vaping Survey]===