E-cigarettes are battery-powered vaporizers that imitate the feeling of smoking. They typically have a heating element inside that atomizes liquid solutions, which contain propylene, glycerin, glycol and flavorings, as well as a cartridge that holds nicotine and other liquids of flavorings. Unlike with traditional cigarettes where smokers inhale cigarette smoke, e-cigarette smokers inhale an aerosol (also known as vapor).
A commonly held belief is that e-cigarettes can help smokers potentially quit smoking. Unfortunately, many people who just smoke e-cigarette still feel the temptation to resume the habit they worked hard to ditch, a new study suggests.
The study, conducted by researchers at the Center for Population Health Sciences at the University of Edinburgh Medical School, interviewed 64 smokers and found little clarity about the potential benefits and harms of e-cigarettes. They attribute the lack of clarity to the division in the medical community with regard to the appropriateness of promoting e-cigarettes as a safer alternative to the real ones.
The group conducted 12 focus groups and 11 individual interviews with current smokers and those who had quit smoking with the last year. Most of the study participants smoked e-cigarettes at least once, viewed smoking as an addiction and believed that determination helped them quit. When questioned about e-cigarettes, some argued that e-cigarettes were a satisfying replacement to smoking, while others viewed them as less desirable and as a threat to smoking cessation.
Another study, lead by Dr. Wael Al-Delaimy, chief of the division of global public health at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, followed 1,000 California smokers for one. They found that smokers who claimed to smoke e-cigarettes were about less than half as likely to cut down on their smoking and 59% less likely to quit, in comparison to those who never smoked e-cigarettes. Approximately 1 in 10 e-cigarette smokers identified in the study were able to quit the habits in a year’s time. As well, they concluded that e-cigarettes will only discourage and delay quitting attempts because of the misconceptions society holds.
Their research was published in full on April 16, 2015 in the American Journal of Public Health. Dr. Al-Delaimy believes the study will inform the United States Food and Drug Administration and other regulators as they create guidelines for e-cigarettes.
If you are really committed to quitting cigarette smoking, speak to your family physician or a health practitioner about your options. The last thing you want to do is delay your recovery and follow defective theories and popular misconceptions.
A commonly held belief is that e-cigarettes can help smokers potentially quit smoking. Unfortunately, many people who just smoke e-cigarette still feel the temptation to resume the habit they worked hard to ditch, a new study suggests.
The study, conducted by researchers at the Center for Population Health Sciences at the University of Edinburgh Medical School, interviewed 64 smokers and found little clarity about the potential benefits and harms of e-cigarettes. They attribute the lack of clarity to the division in the medical community with regard to the appropriateness of promoting e-cigarettes as a safer alternative to the real ones.
The group conducted 12 focus groups and 11 individual interviews with current smokers and those who had quit smoking with the last year. Most of the study participants smoked e-cigarettes at least once, viewed smoking as an addiction and believed that determination helped them quit. When questioned about e-cigarettes, some argued that e-cigarettes were a satisfying replacement to smoking, while others viewed them as less desirable and as a threat to smoking cessation.
Another study, lead by Dr. Wael Al-Delaimy, chief of the division of global public health at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, followed 1,000 California smokers for one. They found that smokers who claimed to smoke e-cigarettes were about less than half as likely to cut down on their smoking and 59% less likely to quit, in comparison to those who never smoked e-cigarettes. Approximately 1 in 10 e-cigarette smokers identified in the study were able to quit the habits in a year’s time. As well, they concluded that e-cigarettes will only discourage and delay quitting attempts because of the misconceptions society holds.
Their research was published in full on April 16, 2015 in the American Journal of Public Health. Dr. Al-Delaimy believes the study will inform the United States Food and Drug Administration and other regulators as they create guidelines for e-cigarettes.
If you are really committed to quitting cigarette smoking, speak to your family physician or a health practitioner about your options. The last thing you want to do is delay your recovery and follow defective theories and popular misconceptions.
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