E-Cigs 95% Less Harmful Than Smoking and Helpful for Cessation

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E-Cigs 95% Less Harmful Than Smoking and Helpful for Cessation


Electronic (e)-cigarettes are about 95% less harmful to health than tobacco cigarettes, and they might be useful in helping people kick the smoking habit, according to a report commissioned by Public Health England (PHE).
The authors of the report also found that regular users of e-cigarettes are almost exclusively adults who are already smokers. In fact, the rate of youths and adults who smoke cigarettes has continued to decline in England, and there is no current evidence that e-cigarettes are “renormalizing smoking or increasing smoking uptake,” they write.
In addition, there is no evidence that e-cigarettes are a “gateway” to tobacco products for teens and young adults. Despite some experimentation among never smokers, e-cigarettes are attracting very few people who have never smoked, the authors, led by Ann McNeill, PhD, professor of tobacco addiction at the National Addiction Centre, King’s College, and Peter Hajek, PhD, CClinPsych, director of the tobacco dependence research unit at the Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine in London, United Kingdom.


In fact, the report concludes that that there is emerging evidence that e-cigarettes might be effective for smoking cessation, but adds that more regulation is needed, Dr Bialous said in an interview. “All other cessation aids have gone through a series of clinical trials and testing for safety and efficacy; we don’t have that kind of data yet for e-cigarettes,” she noted.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a proposed rule that would extend the agency’s authority to cover products that meet the legal definition of a tobacco product, such as e-cigarettes. While waiting for an FDA ruling, many states have already implemented regulations about where people can vape, along with laws that prevent the sale of e-cigarettes to minors.

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