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Studies have shown that e-cigarettes can be effective in helping adults quit smoking

Studies have shown that e-cigarettes can be effective in helping adults quit smoking

2023-03-25

March 25 - Kenneth E. Warner, Ph.D., professor emeritus in the Department of Health Management and Policy at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, is reported to have said that there is sufficient evidence to support the use of e-cigarettes as a smoking cessation aid for adults.


Electronic cigarettes or e-cigarettes are handheld, battery-powered devices that heat liquids containing propylene glycol and/or glycerin, flavoring compounds, and usually nicotine to produce an aerosol for the user to inhale or smoke.


E-cigarettes are not a panacea to end the damage caused by smoking, Warner said, but they can contribute to this noble public health goal. E-cigarettes are an important and less harmful alternative to continuing to smoke for adults who want to quit.


The study, published in Nature Medicine by Kenner E. Warner, PhD, Department of Health Management and Policy at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, and Neal L. Benowitz, Department of Medicine at the University of California, Anna, McNeill, of the National Centre for Addiction at King's College London, and Nancy A. Rigotti, of the Department of Medicine at Harvard Medical School in Boston, studied the health effects of e-cigarettes and reviewed the different countries that regulate or support them.


Each author has been involved in numerous studies and a comprehensive review of e-cigarettes -- their potential to improve smoking cessation in adults, their health consequences, and the clinical care evidence used internationally by governments and medical institutions regarding the role of e-cigarettes in smoking cessation. Quit smoking. Professor Warner's research focuses on identifying the impact of tobacco control policies, tobacco harm reduction, the use of risk-reducing nicotine delivery products as alternatives to cigarette smoking and regulatory policies regarding e-cigarettes, and the potential benefits and ability to help adults quit smoking.


The study goes further: Acceptance of the promotion of e-cigarettes as a smoking cessation tool may depend on ongoing efforts to reduce exposure to and use of these products among young people who have never smoked. These two goals can and should coexist.


The study acknowledges the good success rates in the UK and the US. E-cigarettes are considered a more effective alternative than other products on the market. An independent review commissioned by the US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine and the UK Department of Health and Social Care concluded that e-cigarettes were less harmful than traditional cigarettes.


Government agencies in the United States and Canada acknowledge the potential benefits of using e-cigarettes, according to health experts and inspectors. In contrast, government health agencies and medical associations in the UK and New Zealand openly support and promote e-cigarettes as a smoking cessation tool. The study even identified public education campaigns to promote smoking cessation.


'We believe that governments, medical professional groups and individual healthcare professionals in countries such as the United States, Canada and Australia should give more consideration to the potential of e-cigarettes for smoking cessation,' Warner said.


In the Philippines, tobacco control is considered a public health priority and a key development issue affecting overall health and well-being.


"The growing scientific evidence supporting e-cigarettes and the growing number of medical experts supporting them globally can no longer be ignored. Today, there are 17.3 million smokers in the Philippines. As a doctor, it is my duty to encourage them to seek alternatives that are proven to be safer than traditional cigarettes."


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