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Conclusions
Here we have shown for the first time that combining availability of appealing e-vapour products for smoking substitution with professional advice from vape shops staff it is possible to achieve high and stable success rates. By promoting healthier life-style changes in smokers, vape shops may become valuable allies in the fight against smoking. Larger studies are now needed to confirm these preliminary findings and to establish the importance of integrating these antismoking services into future tobacco control strategies.
[h=2]Acknowledgments[/h]Authors wish to thank the local participating Vape Shops and LIAF, Lega Italiana Anti Fumo (Italian acronym for the Italian Anti-Smoking League) for supporting this research.
[h=2]Author Contributions[/h]Riccardo Polosa: Principal investigator involved in the study concept, protocol design, data interpretation and drafting the manuscript. Pasquale Caponnetto: Co-Principal investigators involved in the study concept, protocol design, coordination of the study, data interpretation and revised the manuscript. Fabio Cibella: Carried out the data analyses, was involved in their interpretation and revised the manuscript. Jacques Le-Houezec: Involved in data interpretation and drafted the manuscript. All authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
Conclusions
Here we have shown for the first time that combining availability of appealing e-vapour products for smoking substitution with professional advice from vape shops staff it is possible to achieve high and stable success rates. By promoting healthier life-style changes in smokers, vape shops may become valuable allies in the fight against smoking. Larger studies are now needed to confirm these preliminary findings and to establish the importance of integrating these antismoking services into future tobacco control strategies.
[h=2]Acknowledgments[/h]Authors wish to thank the local participating Vape Shops and LIAF, Lega Italiana Anti Fumo (Italian acronym for the Italian Anti-Smoking League) for supporting this research.
[h=2]Author Contributions[/h]Riccardo Polosa: Principal investigator involved in the study concept, protocol design, data interpretation and drafting the manuscript. Pasquale Caponnetto: Co-Principal investigators involved in the study concept, protocol design, coordination of the study, data interpretation and revised the manuscript. Fabio Cibella: Carried out the data analyses, was involved in their interpretation and revised the manuscript. Jacques Le-Houezec: Involved in data interpretation and drafted the manuscript. All authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
