Is the electronic cigarette suitable for quitting smoking? Most e-cigarette users report that they intend to quit, but there are few evidence-based intervention studies for e-cigarette cessation. So the authors of the study conducted by authors from different American universities sought to understand how and why e-cigarette users attempt to quit smoking on their [...]

Are electronic cigarettes recommended to stop smoking? Kenneth Warner, dean emeritus and professor emeritus at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, believes there is sufficient evidence to support the use of e-cigarettes as a first-line smoking cessation aid for adults. "Far too many adults who want to quit smoking are not successful," [...]

Are American youth more addicted to nicotine? Prominent American tobacco expert Stanton Glantz conducted a study analyzing national cross-sectional surveys on tobacco and specifically e-cigarettes among youth from 2014 to 2021. This study was supplemented by a confirmatory analysis using the Youth Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System from 2015 to 2019. Surveys were conducted with national [...]

Are nicotine sachets (pouches) safe?   The objective of the study was to measure the concentration of nicotine and nitrosamine derivatives known to be carcinogenic. The analyses concerned 44 products on the market. The products examined contained between 1.8 and 47.5 mg of nicotine. More than 36% of products contained more than 16.7 mg [...]

Why stop smoking before age 35? A recent US study confirmed that smoking was associated with earlier death overall and increased mortality from cancer, heart disease, and lower respiratory disease. In this study, the excess mortality associated with smoking was higher in women than in men. The results also confirm the importance of lifetime [...]

Ban on mint e-liquids: what would happen?   A recent U.S. study examined how current smokers of menthol cigarettes or flavored cigars and current users of flavored e-cigarettes may react to three hypothetical flavoring ban scenarios: Scenario 1: Ban on mentholated cigarettes and flavored cigars only; Scenario 2: Ban on e-cigarettes with all non-tobacco [...]

Does nicotine have an impact on cannabis? Nicotine and cannabis are commonly used together, but few studies have examined the effects of their simultaneous administration. It is known that nicotine reinforces the intake of cannabinoids by enhancing the stimuli. What is valid for cannabis derivatives is also valid for other drugs. In the animal [...]

How many people have already tried the electronic cigarette? In 2020, 34.7% of the French metropolitan population had already tried the electronic cigarette. 5.4% of French people said they were currently vaping (compared to 3.8% in 2017) and 4.3% used it daily. In 2018, only, 1% of daily vapers have never smoked tobacco. They [...]

Vape: young British use more and more electronic cigarettes The committee ASH Smokefree in Great Britain has published a study on the use of electronic cigarettes among young people. From this study, the following observations emerged: A large majority of 11-17 year olds have never tried or are not familiar with e-cigarettes (83.8%). By [...]

Electronic cigarette: does its use increase nicotine addiction?Researchers at the Pennsylvania State Cancer Institute and the Center for Tobacco and Health Research are studying e-cigarettes and whether they can help nicotine users quit smoking or reduce their exposure to the toxic substances found in cigarettes.Their latest study addressed a common question of whether initiation of [...]