US PATH research provides additional evidence on US e-cigarette use for cessation
US PATH research provides additional evidence on US e-cigarette use for cessation, though findings are dependent on many factors
Glasser A, et al. Patterns of e-cigarette use and subsequent cigarette smoking cessation over two years (2013/2014 to 2015/2016) in the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, ntaa182. 17 September 2020. “This study suggests that consistent and frequent e-cigarette use over time is associated with cigarette smoking cessation among adults in the US. In addition, findings suggest that flavored e-cigarette use and use of rechargeable e-cigarette devices can facilitate smoking cessation. These results underscore the importance of carefully defining and characterizing e-cigarette exposure patterns, potential confounders, and use of e-cigarettes to quit smoking, as well as variations in length of the smoking cessation.” NOTE that a number of complicating/confounding factors mean further research is important to characterize any possible utility for cessation, and this study is in the US, not in a low- or middle-income country where regulatory restrictions on e-cigarettes are more common.
https://academic.oup.com/ntr/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/ntr/ntaa182/5906689
Stephen Hamann
