Majority of adult smokers in Europe view e-cigarettes as harmful
Gravely S, et al. European adult smokers’ perceptions of the harmfulness of e-cigarettes relative to combustible cigarettes: cohort findings from the 2016 and 2018 EUREST-PLUS ITC Europe Surveys. European Journal of Public Health, Volume 30, Issue Supplement_3, July 2020, Pages iii38–iii45, https://academic.oup.com/eurpub/article/30/Supplement_3/iii38/5810149
In a cohort study of adult smokers (≥18 years) from Germany, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Spain, 61.8 % of respondents in 2018 perceived e-cigarettes to be equally or more harmful than cigarettes. Comment: About 60% of Europeans felt e-cigarettes harmful both in 2016 and 2018.
Stephen Hamann
