There has been an increase in the number of people switching to <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/lifestyle/health-and-fitness/article/are-e-cigarettes-or-vapes-safe-smoking-alternatives-to-tobacco-cigarettes-for-nicotine-addiction-health-experts-explain-23310358#:~:text=The&#3720effectiveness&#3720of&#3720switching&#3720to,system&#372C&#3720making&#3720it&#3720more&#3720susceptible" rel="none">electronic cigarettes</a> while quitting regular tobacco smoking, claims a study.
Previously, using electronic cigarettes did not lead to smoking cessation.
The new study led by a team from Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in New York, US, examined differences in real-world trends in population-level cigarette discontinuation rates from 2013 to 2021 in American adults.
Their findings, published in the journal Nicotine &amp; Tobacco Research, found that quit rates changed between 2018 and 2021 than earlier years.
During this period, 30.9 per cent of adult smokers who used <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-shops-openly-sell-vapes-e-cigarettes-despite-nationwide-ban-since-2019-23255543" rel="none">e-cigarettes</a> quit tobacco cigarettes. On the other hand, only 20 per cent of smokers who did not use e-cigarettes quit smoking.
In contrast, between 2013 and 2016, smoking rates were statistically indistinguishable between people who used e-cigarettes (15.5 per cent) and those who did not (15.6 per cent).
&ldquo;Our findings here suggest that the times have changed when it comes to vaping and smoking cessation for adults in the US,&rdquo; said first author Karin Kasza, Assistant Professor of oncology in the Department of Health Behaviour at Roswell Park.
&ldquo;While our study doesn&rsquo;t give the answers as to why <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/lifestyle/health-and-fitness/photo/do-you-believe-vaping-is-better-than-smoking-doctors-share-eight-facts-you-must-know-about-e-cigarettes-98454" rel="none">vaping</a> is associated with cigarette quitting in the population today when it wasn&rsquo;t associated with quitting years ago, design changes leading to e-cigarettes that deliver nicotine more effectively should be investigated. This work underscores the importance of using the most recent data to inform public health decisions,&rdquo; Kasza added.
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