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Cigarette smoking vs vaping: Are e-cigarettes actually a safer alternative? Doctor reveals which is better or worse

Vaping (using e-cigarettes) is often perceived as a ‘healthier alternative’ to smoking traditional cigarettes – but this idea is misleading. While vaping might be considered less harmful than smoking ...
Medscape

e-Cigarettes Best Nicotine Gum for Smoking Cessation

Among adults motivated to quit smoking, electronic cigarettes are more effective than nicotine chewing gum and as effective as varenicline in achieving sustained abstinence at 6 months, a randomized ...
Newsweek

Woman Shares Theory on Millennials’ ‘Special Relationship’ With Cigarettes

A millennial has reignited conversation about cigarettes, vaping, and the unique place millennials hold in the history of smoking culture in a viral video on TikTok. Eve Tilley-Coulson, a 36-year-old ...
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E-cigarette use is linked to higher heart attack risk, especially in former smokers

The analysis found higher odds of myocardial infarction among e-cigarette users, particularly former smokers, while no ...
USA Today

Is vaping better than smoking? Here's what experts say.

Vaping has emerged in the last few years as a safer alternative to smoking. But health experts emphasize that "safer" doesn't mean "safe" — especially for people who don't already smoke. "Existing ...
Healio

Lung cancer risks persist with e-cigarette use after quitting tobacco smoking

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Approximately 53,000 of about 4.3 million smokers developed lung cancer. The cohort also included 6,351 lung ...
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High likelihood for smoking cessation with e-cigarettes, varenicline, cytisine

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The greatest likelihood for smoking cessation was found with e-cigarettes, varenicline, cytisine or combination ...

Dual use of cigarettes and vapes can reduce risks of smoking and help smokers quit, study finds

A new major study from Queen Mary University of London has found that smokers who use both cigarettes and e-cigarettes at the ...
techtimes

E-Cigarette Users Are More Likely to End Traditional Smoking, Study Claims

A recent study suggests that individuals who switch from traditional cigarettes to electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are more inclined to end smoking combustible cigarettes, as reported by the ...
MedPage Today

E-Cigs Show Some Benefit as Smoking Cessation Aid in Clinical Trial

Participants smoking at least five tobacco cigarettes a day at baseline showed validated continuous abstinence from tobacco smoking at 6 months in 28.9% of cases after getting free e-cigarettes and ...
The Cornell Daily Sun

E-Cigarettes: A Shiny Alternative To Smoking?

Smoking is cool again. Who would have thought? Just when many thought smoking was on the decline, with stomach-churning advertisements of charred lungs on public television and the preeminence of ...