Study finds E-cigarettes don’t help smokers quit

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Source: Eco Newsdesk

The study conducted by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, looked at the habits 949 smokers, including 88 smokers who reported they had also used e-cigarettes in the last month.

Researchers found that smokers who also used e-cigarettes were no more likely to quit smoking after a year, compared to smokers who didn’t use the electronic smoking devices.

“We found there were no differences in rates of quitting between those who used electronic cigarettes and those who did not,” Dr. Rachel Grana, the lead researcher on the new study told Newsday.

“You’ll hear lots of stories from people that say that e-cigarettes help them quit, but what we found was when we actually studied that systematically, we didn’t see a significant effect on cessation,” study co-author Dr. Pamela Ling told CTV News.

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