Vape May Help Adult Smokers to Stop, Study Says
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Over a period of six months, a total of 1,246 participants in the two groups were surveyed and clinically examined in the five study centers in German-speaking and French-speaking Switzerland.
Health-related adverse events were recorded in detail. The results showed that the addition of vapes to intensive smoking cessation counseling increased abstinence from tobacco smoking by 21 percent.
The abstinence rate from tobacco smoking was 53 percent in the group with vapes and 32 percent in the group without vapes (67 percent more abstinence with vapes compared to no vapes).Â
However, many people who stopped smoking tobacco continued to use vapes and thus with nicotine. Accordingly, nicotine abstinence was lower in this group.
The difference was 14 percent (20 percent nicotine abstinence in the group with vapes compared to 34 percent in the group without vapes).
In terms of side effects, serious adverse events did not occur more frequently in the group with vapes than in the group without vapes.
"This speaks for the safety of vapes in smoking cessation counseling in light of the study's large scope," Auer remarked.
On the other hand, more mild side effects such as airways irritation were found.
"This can be explained, among other things, by the fact that the nicotine in vapes irritates the throat more than conventional cigarettes, which contain additives to alleviate precisely these symptoms," Auer explained.
Health problems such as cough and sputum production were lower in the group with vapes than in the control group (41 percent less participants reporting cough compared to 34 percent).
The researchers see a pragmatic approach in recommending vapes to smokers instead of leaving them alone with their dependence and the health consequences of their habit.
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