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

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*Reasons for e-cigarette use included “to help me quit smoking cigarettes”, “to help me reduce the number of cigarettes I smoke”, and “so that I can e-smoke in places where cigarette smoking is not allowed."
*Reasons for e-cigarette use included “to help me quit smoking cigarettes”, “to help me reduce the number of cigarettes I smoke”, and “so that I can e-smoke in places where cigarette smoking is not allowed."
*The mean frequency of e-cigarette use was higher among those who formerly smoked cigarettes than among those who currently smoked (t = 6.45, p < 0.001) and patients who currently smoked had less than half the odds of daily e-cigarette use compared to those who formerly smoked (OR = 0.39, p < 0.001).
*The mean frequency of e-cigarette use was higher among those who formerly smoked cigarettes than among those who currently smoked (t = 6.45, p < 0.001) and patients who currently smoked had less than half the odds of daily e-cigarette use compared to those who formerly smoked (OR = 0.39, p < 0.001).
===2021: [https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(20)30307-8/fulltext Targeted smoking cessation for dual users of combustible and electronic cigarettes: a randomised controlled trial]===
*A targeted self-help intervention with high potential for dissemination could be efficacious in promoting smoking cessation among dual users of combustible cigarettes and e-cigarettes.
*[https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S2468-2667%2820%2930307-8 PDF Version]
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