Current Impactful Studies

These studies will have been recently published in the last few months, and rightly or wrongly receiving media attention. Negative media attention is by its very nature, vastly more common, as 'bad news travels or sells'. Some may be described as junk studies, but we must demonstrate why that is the the case in a Scientific logical manner,not just simply dismiss. Please consult E-Cigarette Research Forum that may well have examined and assessed a study you may have an interest

E-cigarettes and Primary Care. 2019 - A cross-sectional survey of nurses and GPs across the UK

• Key findings
  *E-cigarettes are frequently brought up inconversations between clinicians andpatients who smoke3 in 10 clinicians say that the topic of ecigarettes is raised in the majority ofconversations about smoking.
  *Beliefs: Clinicians are often unsure intheir beliefs around e-cigarettes

• Over 1 in 3 clinicians are unsure if ecigarettes are safe enough to recommendas a quit tool to patients who smoke.

• 1 in 3 are unsure whether e-cigarettes areaddictive.

• Advice: Many clinicians are reluctant tosuggest e-cigarettes as a tool to quit smoking

• When asked what advice they would give patients on e-cigarettes, 3 in 5 clinicianssaid “we do not know enough about themso I don’t endorse them”.

• 2 in 5 said they would feel uncomfortable recommending e-cigarettes to theirpatients who smoke.

• 1 in 6 clinicians said they would neverrecommend using e-cigarettes topatients who smoke.

• There was no clear agreement as to whether clinicians would primarily recommend e-cigarettes as a first line orlast resort therapy.

HEALTH OUTCOMES IN COPD SMOKERS USING HEATED TOBACCO PRODUCTS: A 3-YEAR FOLLOW-UP < via Ricardo Polosa et al

Characteristics and Correlates of Recent Successful Cessation Among Adult Cigarette Smokers, United States,2018

Associations between vaping and Covid-19: cross-sectional findings from the HEBECO study

Does Nicotine Prevent Cytokine Storms in COVID-19?

An exploratory non-randomized study of a 3-month electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) intervention with people accessing a homeless supported temporary accommodation service (STA) in Ireland accompanying helpful blog here My Study of Providing Vapes to Unhoused Smokers in Ireland

Nicotine delivery and user reactions to Juul EU (20 mg/ml) compared with Juul US (59 mg/ml), cigarettes and other e-cigarette products

What Motivates Smokers to Switch to ENDS? A Qualitative Study of Perceptions and Use

Socioeconomic distribution of e-cigarette use among recent former regular smokers and current smokers at ages 25-26 in England

Information and sin goods: Experimental evidence on cigarettesand here

A randomised controlled single-centre open-label pharmacokinetic study to examine various approaches of nicotine delivery using electronic cigarettes

Commentary on Notley et al. (2020): Understanding transitions in the use of nicotine and tobacco products-the value of qualitative longitudinal research

impact of lung diseases, smoking and e-cigarette use on the severity of COVID-19 illness at diagnosis

Effects of E-Cigarette Use on Cigarette Smoking among U.S youth, 2014-18 see also accompanying Glantz blognote another paper published 2/12 finds the exact opposite, due to differing frequency of use measures applied,ie one includes ever use as opposed to regular use.Further analysis here gives another explanation for the differences

New Lancet Study: vaping is rare among individuals who have never smoked conventional cigarettes. see reaction and interpretation of this study via a UK Regional Public Health Director

Effects of tobacco cigarettes,e-cigarettes...on endothelial function reaction from Science Media Centre

E-Cig Experimentation data analysis from France

E-Cigarette Research Forum

Exclusive E-Cigarette Users Report Lower Levels of Respiratory Symptoms Relative to Dual E-Cigarette and Cigarette Users | Nicotine & Tobacco Research | Oxford Academic

Statments from NGOs etc

THR Statments from NGOs