E-cigarette helps people quit smoking

The electronic cigarette or e-cigarette is a nonflammable substitute for traditional cigarettes in the form of a rod having a greater length than a normal cigarette.

These work by battery device does not contain tobacco, but gives the user the dose of nicotine in the form of vapor, very similar smoke. The electronic cigarette uses a battery heater is activated which vaporizes the liquid nicotine and aroma fills it out
small cartridge.

Available in many countries, these non-combustible smoking device that contain cartridges filled with nicotine, are marketed as a way to quit smoking.

A new study by researchers at Boston University shows that electronic cigarettes are an effective means of helping smokers in their fight against the harmful habit.

To find out whether the electronic cigar safer choice, Professor Michael Siegel and his colleagues two weeks, 5,000 people were interviewed for the first time bought the electronic cigarette company Blu.

Approximately 222 people, or 4, 5 percent of participating in the survey, which included questions about the features of their smoking habits and use of nicotine after the acquisition of electronic cigarettes.

216 admitted that they continued to smoke.

Six months after the "test" e-cigarettes, 31 percent of the smokers said that quitting smoking, and two-thirds of them reported that reduce the daily number of cigarettes. A third of those who wanted to quit smoking also declined to a bad habit with the help of electronic cigarettes.

"This study shows that electronic cigarettes are helping thousands of ex-smokers to tobacco cigarettes," said study lead author Michael Siegel.

Against the background of positive data of this study, the employment of the fact that more than a week ago, the Commission of the Krasnodar FAS Russia recognized advertising information associated with the spread of electronic cigarettes, which assures customers that it is "an effective way to quit smoking, quit smoking easily" - untrue .

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