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Efficacy and Safety of E-Cigarette Use for Smoking Cessation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
Among individuals attempting to quit smoking, nicotine e-cigarettes are more efficacious than conventional nicotine replacement or behavioral smoking cessation therapies, and may prove beneficial in reducing smoking-related health risks.
Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation
Evidence suggesting nicotine EC can aid in smoking cessation is consistent across several comparisons. There is now high‐certainty evidence that EC with nicotine increases quit rates at six months or longer compared to NRT, and there remains moderate‐certainty evidence that EC with nicotine increases quit rates at six months or longer compared to non‐nicotine EC.
Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation
There is high-certainty evidence that ECs with nicotine increase quit rates compared to NRT and moderate-certainty evidence that they increase quit rates compared to ECs without nicotine.
National Trends in Sales and Price for Commercial Tobacco and Nicotine Products, 2018-2022
Faced with many products, consumers may be influenced by price differences to purchase products with varying levels of harm. In particular, the cheapness of cigars, which are combustible tobacco products with many of the same health risks as cigarettes,6 may perpetuate use. Policies that impact price (ie, taxation and minimum pack size) can discourage use of the most dangerous products and should be considered.
Exploring the opinions and potential impact of unflavoured e-liquid on smoking cessation among people who smoke and smoking relapse among people who previously smoked and now use e-cigarettes: findings from a UK-based mixed methods study
The findings highlight that people who smoke and vape could be impacted by flavour restrictions in a range of ways, some of which could have a potential adverse impact on harm reduction efforts in the UK (e.g., by making smoking more appealing than vaping).
The Effect of E-Cigarette Flavor Bans on Tobacco Use
Using data from the State and National Youth Risk Behavior Surveys, we find that the adoption of an ENDS flavor restriction reduces frequent and everyday youth ENDS use by 1.2 to 2.5 percentage points. However, we also detect evidence of an unintended effect of ENDS flavor restrictions that is especially clear among 18-20-year-olds: inducing substitution to combustible cigarette smoking.
Comprehensive E-Cigarette Flavor Bans and Tobacco Use Among Youth and Adults
In this study, we examine the effects of these comprehensive bans on e-cigarette use and potential spillovers into other tobacco use by youth, young adults, and adults. We find evidence that young adults decrease their use of the banned flavored e-cigarettes as well as their overall e-cigarette use, by about two percentage points, while increasing cigarette use.
Original quantitative research – A machine learning approach to predict e-cigarette use and dependence among Ontario youth
The top 10 correlates of daily vaping included use of caffeine, cannabis and tobacco, source and type of e-cigarette and absence in last 20 school days. Those of ever-vaping included school size, and use of alcohol, cannabis and tobacco.
Noncigarette Tobacco Product Use Among Smoking-Susceptible and Nonsusceptible Adolescent Never Smokers, 2009–2021
Smoking-susceptible adolescents had a higher prevalence of noncigarette tobacco use and lower nonuse than adolescents not susceptible to smoking, according to findings of a 12-year study published in the Journal of Adolescent Health.
Comparison of smoking prevalence in Canada before and after nicotine vaping product access using the SimSmoke model
Smoking prevalence in Canada, especially among younger adults, declined more rapidly once NVPs became readily available. The emergence of NVPs into the Canadian marketplace has not slowed the decline in smoking. NVP-related 2012–2020 smoking reductions yielded 100,000 smoking-attributable deaths averted from 2012 to 2060.
