Smoking, dementia, melanoma

E-cigarettes aid quit attempts

Addiction (2014) doi: 10.1111/add.12623

Smokers who used e-cigarettes to quit without support from healthcare professionals are more likely to report continued abstinence than those who used nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) bought over-the-counter (OTC) and those who did not use any cessation aid.

Researchers enrolled adults who had made at least one attempt to quit smoking during the 12 months before the study using e-cigarettes only (n=464), OTC NRT only (n=1922) or no cessation aid in their most recent quit attempt (n=3477). Twenty per cent of those using e-cigarettes reported abstinence, a higher proportion than those using OTC NRT (10.1%, odds ratio [OR] 2.23) or no aid (15.4%, OR 1.38).