New Czech study finds half of smokers have used an e-cigarette at least once.

[Bill Godshall]

New Czech study finds half of smokers have used an e-cigarette at least once.
Among the smokers who reported using an e-cig, 18% reported regular use of e-cigs and 14% reported daily use of e-cigs.
CHEST Journal | Article

This study did not include vapers who had already quit smoking.

If anyone gets the full text copy of the study, please send it to me at smokefree@compuserve.com

 

[Bill Godshall]

Here's the abstract

Original Research | July 18, 2013
Do e-cigarettes have the potential to compete with conventional cigarettes? A survey of conventional cigarette smokers’ experiences with e-cigarettes
Eva Kralikova, MD, PhD; Jan Novak, BSc; Oliver West, Msc; Alexandra Kmetova, MD; Peter Hajek, PhD
Author and Funding Information
Chest. 2013. doi:10.1378/chest.12-2842 Text Size: A A A
Article
Abstract
Background: Electronic cigarettes (EC) are becoming increasingly popular globally. If they were to replace conventional cigarettes, it could have a substantial impact on public health. To evaluate EC’s potential for competing with conventional cigarettes as a consumer product, we report the first data on the proportion of smokers who try EC and become regular users.

Methods: A total of 2,012 people seen smoking or buying cigarettes in the Czech Republic were approached to answer questions about smoking, with no mention made of EC to avoid the common bias in surveys of EC users. During the interview, the volunteers’ experience with EC was then discussed.

Results: 1,738 (86%) smokers participated. Half reported trying EC at least once. Among those who tried EC, 18.3% (CI (95%) .15.7 to 20.9%) reported using them regularly and 14% (CI (95%) 11.6%-16.2%) used them daily. On average, regular users used EC daily for 7.1 months. The most common reason for using EC was to reduce consumption of conventional cigarettes; 60% of regular EC users reported that EC helped them to achieve this. Being older and having a more favourable initial experience with EC explained 19% of the variance in progressing to regular EC use.

Conclusions: Almost one fifth of smokers who try EC once go on to become regular users. EC may develop into a genuine competitor to conventional cigarettes. Government agencies preparing to regulate EC need to ensure that such moves do not create a market monopoly for conventional cigarettes.

 

[Petrodus]

Many here on the ECF post they no longer smoke.
I suggest there's a large percentage of vapers
who have cut back from a pack-a-day or more
to just 1-3 cigs a day ... and will continue to smoke
1-3 a day or 1-3 every week ... for life.

Speaking only for myself ...
I say these are success stories !!

I think we often put too much emphasis & pressure on ourselves
and think cutting back to 1-3 a day or a week is not acceptable.
E-cigs are not a smoking cessation device ...
even though many have used them to stop smoking ... all together.

I'm seeing more and more and more ... studies and articles
with emphasis on e-cigs as a smoking cessation and giving the
illusion those who haven't quit all together ... have failed.

Probably didn't say this right ...
but ya'll understand where I'm coming from.

 

[tommy2bad]

Yes harm reduction is the term your looking for Petrodus. A concept so simple it beggers belief that the health community hasn't embraced like an long lost lover, instead of smacking it down like a redheaded stepchild.
I think the term reduction is the problem, they tend to want removal or elimination not just reduction. This sights on the end goal is blinding them to the possibility of saving people now while working on their end game.

 

[Petrodus]

Yes harm reduction is the term your looking for Petrodus. A concept so simple it beggers belief that the health community hasn't embraced like an long lost lover, instead of smacking it down like a redheaded stepchild.
I think the term reduction is the problem, they tend to want removal or elimination not just reduction. This sights on the end goal is blinding them to the possibility of saving people now while working on their end game.

How True !!!!

 

[Bill Godshall]

Petrodus wrote:

I think we often put too much emphasis & pressure on ourselves
and think cutting back to 1-3 a day or a week is not acceptable.

E-cigarette prohibitionists and other THR opponents have been increasingly claiming there are NO health benefits for smokers who reduce cigarette consumption (but who don't quit completely), and they've been cherry picking old survey data (that was never intended to measure the impact of reduced cigarette consumption) to justify their absurd claims. Here's the latest.

Researchers claim reducing cigarette consumption doesn’t reduce mortality risks based upon very poorly conducted study relying on data from two surveys done in 1970’s.
Does Smoking Reduction in Midlife Reduce Mortality Risk? Results of 2 Long-Term Prospective Cohort Studies of Men and Women in Scotland
University of Glasgow :: University news

Washington Post headline claims “Cutting back on smoking doesn’t help longevity” based upon decades old selective survey data that wasn’t designed to measure impact.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...a29854-ea50-11e2-a301-ea5a8116d211_story.html

 

[2coils]

One of the guys at work still has two smokes a day, one in the morning with his coffee and one at night (the rest of the day he vapes). That HAS to be better than burning analogs ALL day long. Just seems like common sense.

 

[NorthOfAtlanta]

One of the guys at work still has two smokes a day, one in the morning with his coffee and one at night (the rest of the day he vapes). That HAS to be better than burning analogs ALL day long. Just seems like common sense.

This is an error we all make, common sense is not common in the ANTZ world.
They wouldn't be ANTZ if they had any.

 

[Petrodus]

One of the guys at work still has two smokes a day, one in the morning with his coffee and one at night (the rest of the day he vapes). That HAS to be better than burning analogs ALL day long. Just seems like common sense.

I suggest this is more common than most of us who no longer smoke
would "choose" to believe.

 

[AgentAnia]

The ANTZ are like prissy little old ladies who want everything done THEIR way. Never mind that their way may not be the best way, or maybe was the best way 30 years ago but isn't today.

"NONONO, you cannot use an electronic cigarette and smoke 2 cigarettes a day! That is NOT good! Total abstinence, I say! Quit or die, I say! Antifreeze! Antifreeeeeeeze! Ohhhhhh, the chiiiiiiildren!"

Never mind that common sense doesn't enter into their mindset. We have to do it their way, or they have a hissy fit (as they're having in the media these days, cause we sure as hell ain't doing it their way, are we?!)