E-cigarettes have become a popular stop tobacco smoking aid in recent years. However, evidence on the effectiveness of e-cigarettes for assisting people to quit tobacco smoking remains controversial. In a Cancer Research UK-funded study, researchers collected data from an online survey conducted between 2012 and 2017 involving more than 1,155 smokers, ex-smokers who had quit within one year before completing the survey and e-cigarettes smokers. Compared to those without any assistance, results suggested that people using a refillable e-cigarette daily were over five-fold more likely to stop tobacco smoking while people using a disposable or cartridge e-cigarette daily were three-fold more likely to quit for a month. Despite professions’ concerns about the addition of harmful substances to refillable e-cigarettes, they are still proven as an effective quitting aids.

Keywords: E-cigarettes, Smoking, Nicotine, Tobacco

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Máirtín S. McDermott, et al. Addiction, 2021; DOI: 10.1111/add.15474