Studies Refute Vaping-Smoking Link
There is no evidence that the use of e-cigarettes and heated-tobacco products is leading nonsmokers and youth toward smoking, according to several studies…….
The Importance of Considering E-Cigarettes as Harm Reduction Tools
Titled, “A targeted approach to using e-cigarettes for harm reduction in adults,” the paper highlights that the negative perceptions of ECs and widespread inaccurate belief that they are equal or more harmful than combustible cigarettes, represents a significant missed public health opportunity…….
Market Research Report Estimates E-Liquid Market Will Be Worth $3.4 Billion Globally by 2028
Research keeps indicating that vapers, including adults using e-cigarettes to quit smoking, prefer flavoured products. The report, “E-Liquid Market” highlighted that in 2020 the flavours market was valued at USD1.3 Billion and is projected to reach USD3.4 Billion by 2028……
Another Review Finds That Vaping Helps Smokers Quit For Good
October 8, 2022
The 2021 Cochrane review looking into the use of e-cigarettes for smoking cessation includes 61 studies conducted across 14 countries and consisting of a total of 16,759 adult participants. The compiled data has indicated that e-cigarettes containing nicotine were more effective in helping people quit smoking than other alternatives, such as nicotine gum or patches.
Led by Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, a director at the University of Oxford’s Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, the review reinforces arguments by countless anti-smoking and tobacco harm reduction experts who have long endorsed the products as smoking cessation tools.
Benefits are being largely overshadowed by coverage on the potential risks
Meanwhile, an article published in the American Journal of Public Health highlights that the potential of smoking cessation via e-cigarettes, is being largely overshadowed by media coverage on the potential risks that vaping represents for teens.
Kenneth Warner, dean emeritus and the Avedis Donabedian Distinguished University Professor Emeritus at the University of Michigan’s School of Public Health, and 14 other past presidents of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco co-authored an article that highlights how the potential benefits of vaping are being ignored.
“Because evidence indicates that e-cigarette use can increase the odds of quitting smoking, many scientists, including this essay’s authors, encourage the health community, media, and policymakers to more carefully weigh vaping’s potential to reduce adult smoking-attributable mortality,” reads the article.
