E-cigarettes far more successful than patches to help quit smoking, says research

Supporters of e-cigarettes say the overall health consequences of nicotine use with no the tar seem to be significantly less of a issue. Photograph: Sean Smith for the Guardian

E-cigarettes are far more powerful than nicotine patches and gum in assisting men and women to quit smoking, in accordance to a examine that issues the adverse views of some public well being specialists.

The situation of e-cigarettes has turn into a public overall health battleground, alarming these who consider that allowing their advertising and marketing and their use in public spots the place smoking is banned hazards re-normalising tobacco.

But supporters say the huge bulk of smokers are making use of e-cigarettes to kick their tobacco habit and that the health consequences of nicotine use with no the tar from cigarettes seem, as however, to be far less of a difficulty.

The research by a staff from University School London looked at attempts to quit smoking by almost 6,000 folks and discovered that, whilst engaging with the NHS smoking cessation solutions was the most efficient way to quit, using e-cigarettes beat nicotine substitute therapy as effectively as the efforts of men and women to stop with no assist at all.

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E-cigarettes far more successful than patches to help quit smoking, says research