Does E -cigarettes Are More Effective Than Traditional Smoking Quitting?

  There has been controversy since the birth of electronic cigarettes.

  Because electronic cigarette products have a certain sense of technology, many people think that they have attracted non-smokers, which will cause users to get "smoke addiction". However, many surveys show that electronic cigarette users are mainly traditional smokers, and they have not spread to non-smokers. At the same time, electronic cigarettes are not the first cigarettes of non-smokers. Non-smokers rarely use electronic cigarettes, including young people.

  As consumers pay more and more attention to health and tobacco control policies, more and more smokers choose to use electronic cigarettes, which has also led to the  continuous expansion of the global electronic cigarette market. Multiple research dimensions show that electronic cigarettes are very popular with old smokers, and the main reason for their contact and turning to electronic cigarettes is mainly to reduce dependence on cigarettes. As early as 2018, the British Ministry of Public Health (PHE) has emphasized in the report that the dangers of electronic cigarettes are at least 95% lower than cigarettes.

   It is estimated that the number of deaths caused by tobacco every year is as high as 6 million, because smoking traditional cigarettes will produce more than 5,000 chemicals, and at least 70 of them are carcinogens. The composition of electronic cigarettes is relatively simple, mainly nicotine. Nicotine itself does not cause cancer, and there is almost no evidence that nicotine can cause any other harmful effects when it is isolated. When adults use electronic cigarettes, the amount of carcinogens detected in their urine is 97% lower than that of smokers.

  At present, there are three kinds of mainstream smoking quitting methods, one is instead of using electronic cigarettes, the other is to use nicotine replacement therapy, and the last one is to quit smoking by personal will.

  On April 29th, the British published a research report 《Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation》, which shows that every 100 e-cigarette users with nicotine will successfully quit smoking from 10 to 11 people. The user of nicotine replacement therapy (such as gum containing nicotine, etc.), or e -cigarette users with no nicotine, only 6 people will successfully quit smoking. As for those who have no support measures, or only those who have only behavior support (can be understood by personal willpower to quit smoking), only 4 people can successfully quit smoking.

  The conclusion is very clear: e -cigarettes are more effective than traditional smoking quitting.