New study finds e-cigarettes play significant role in helping people quit smoking
A new study has found that e-cigarettes can play a significant role in helping people to quit smoking.
On Thursday morning, scientific journal Addiction published a study conducted by researchers at University College London with funding from Cancer Research UK.
Researchers discovered that some 70,000 smokers resort to e-cigarettes in a bid to quit smoking each year in the UK.
Analysis of relevant data revealed a proportionate connection between increasing levels of e-cigarette usage from 2011 and increasing rates of quitting success.
The study also revealed that a plateau in the usage of e-cigarettes in 2015 reflected a similar levelling-off in the quitting success rate.
Taking 2017 as a case study, researchers estimated that between 50,700 and 69,930 smokers succeeded in quitting through the use of e-cigarettes, and that these smokers would probably have continued with their habit without the devices...