As we all know, smoking is a bad habit that is difficult to quit. vape use the principle of nicotine replacement therapy to help achieve smoking cessation. It does not burn, does not contain tar and other chemicals, and removes carcinogens in ordinary cigarettes.
can e cigarettes help me quit smoking?
In fact, e-cigarettes can only be a substitute for cigarettes, and cannot make you want to smoke or reduce your nicotine intake.
why?
Because e-cigarettes are so convenient, you only need to take out two puffs when you want to smoke, which will cause you to smoke e-cigarettes very frequently and become addicted to e-cigarettes, and then you can’t do without e-cigarettes.
According to a smoking cessation study in Auckland, New Zealand from 2011 to 2013, 657 adults participated in a smoking cessation experiment.
- The withdrawal rate of nicotine e-cigarettes is 7.3%,
- The withdrawal rate of placebo e-cigarettes （that is, e-cigarettes without nicotine liquid） was 4.1%,
- The withdrawal rate of using nicotine patches was 5.8%.
It can be said that the performance of nicotine e-cigarettes in quitting addiction is not much better than that of nicotine patches. If it is an e-cigarette that does not contain nicotine, the performance is not as good as the patch.
In a study by the National Institutes of Health, although 85% of e-cigarette smokers stated that they would quit cigarettes completely, in fact, their percentage of successful quitting was not higher than that of non-e-cigarette smokers. Even in the United States, people who smoke e-cigarettes have a lower rate of quitting than those who don’t.
From this data, you can see that in Australia and the United States, those who smoke e-cigarettes basically smoke both e-cigarettes and cigarettes. For them, e-cigarettes are just an extra toy.
