Can vaping help you quit smoking?
| Feb 1, 2019, 11:16 IST
While doctors and researchers across the world are still arguing about how safe vaping is or isn't for the body, a new study has now found that vaping can possibly help you quit smoking. In fact, it turns out that e-cigarettes work twice as well as nicotine patches and gums. “We know that patients are asking about e-cigarettes and many doctors haven’t been sure what to say,” said Dr. Nancy Rigotti, a tobacco treatment specialist at Harvard Medical School. “I think they now have more evidence to endorse e-cigarettes.”
It's a known fact that smoking is the number one cause of death worldwide. And despite knowing how dangerous it is, it can be very difficult to quit the habit. But now researchers are claiming that vaping can be a lot safer than smoking since it turns a flavoured nicotine solution into an inhalable vapour. So, as opposed to cigarettes that contain harmful tobacco, vapes seem to be a lot better. However, since vapes are fairly new to the market, their long-term effects are still unknown.
“Anything which helps smokers to avoid heart disease and cancer and lung disease is a good thing and e-cigarettes can do that,” said Peter Hajek, study co-author. However, other researchers are also claiming that one shouldn't make informed decisions based solely on one study. Well, looks like there's still a lot more to explore in this field. Stay tuned for more updates.
It's a known fact that smoking is the number one cause of death worldwide. And despite knowing how dangerous it is, it can be very difficult to quit the habit. But now researchers are claiming that vaping can be a lot safer than smoking since it turns a flavoured nicotine solution into an inhalable vapour. So, as opposed to cigarettes that contain harmful tobacco, vapes seem to be a lot better. However, since vapes are fairly new to the market, their long-term effects are still unknown.
“Anything which helps smokers to avoid heart disease and cancer and lung disease is a good thing and e-cigarettes can do that,” said Peter Hajek, study co-author. However, other researchers are also claiming that one shouldn't make informed decisions based solely on one study. Well, looks like there's still a lot more to explore in this field. Stay tuned for more updates.