A new study from the University of California San Diego challenges the widespread belief that e-cigarettes aid in smoking cessation. Researchers analyzed data from over 6,000 U.S. smokers and found that those who vaped, whether daily or occasionally, were actually less likely to quit smoking compared to those who didn’t vape. Specifically, smoking cessation rates were 4.1% lower among daily vapers and 5.3% lower among non-daily vapers compared to smokers who did not use e-cigarettes.
The study, published in JAMA, highlights the risks of vaping and warns that misconceptions about its effectiveness in quitting tobacco may be keeping smokers addicted to nicotine. While e-cigarettes do not contain the same harmful chemicals as traditional cigarettes, researchers caution that the long-term health effects of vaping remain unknown. With nearly 20% of Americans using tobacco products and e-cigarettes often marketed as a “safer” alternative, these findings have critical implications for public health policies and tobacco control efforts. Read the full article here.
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