Can Vaping Help a Person Quit Smoking?
The debate has been going on since the dawn of e-cigarettes and disposable vapes. Are nicotine-based vaping products safer than lighting up a tobacco cigarette? Another big question that’s been going back and forth for a long time is the benefit of disposable vapes and e-cigarettes when it comes to helping individuals kick the combustible cigarette habit.
Now, a new study sheds some light on both matters.
New Evidence That Vaping Helps People Quit Smoking
Recently, a review of 78 different studies done by the Cochrane Library, which was detailed in a February 2023 article in U.S. News & World Report shows that electronic cigarettes (vaping) is more advantageous to helping people quit smoking than traditional nicotine replacement therapies, such as nicotine patches and gums.
According to study co-author, Alisa Butler, Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Oxford’s Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, “The most important finding from our recent review update is that for the first time there is high certainty evidence that nicotine e-cigarettes (vape products) are more effective than traditional nicotine-replacement therapies, such as patches, gums or lozenges, in helping people to quit smoking.”
How Do Disposable Vapes Help People Quit Cigarettes?
There are several reasons that vaping is likely a good way to ween off tobacco cigarettes. The most obvious is nicotine replacement. Disposable vapes, from reputable manufacturers like EB Design and Lost Mary, and available through wholesale vape distributors, like Online Warehouse, work using e-liquids or e-juices that usually contain 5% nicotine. This makes disposables a convenient way for smokers to replace the nicotine they get by lighting up without having to breathe in the tar and other harmful chemicals also found in cigarettes. Additionally, vapes are available in different nicotine concentrations, so vapers, if they want, can gradually reduce the amount of nicotine they’re inhaling – without having to experience the jolt of going cold turkey.
Another reason disposable vapes may be so beneficial in helping people quit is ritual or habit. A big part of smoking is the routine hand-to-mouth action involved each time a person lights up. There’s also that quick little kick in the back of the throat that happens when a person inhales tobacco.
Puffing on a vape mimics both of these daily “smoker” routines, something other nicotine replacement therapies can’t do, and this might be one of the main reasons vaping has shown positive results in smoking cessation.
Is Vaping Healthier Than Smoking?
This is the million-dollar question, and the widely accepted answer is yes. In fact, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), current evidence points to the fact that vaping may be less harmful than traditional tobacco cigarettes.
A cigarette is nicotine and tar that are combusted and burned, and there is plenty of data that shows cigarette smoke is injurious to every organ in the body. Plus, we already know that tobacco is the #1 preventable cause of death in the United States.
E-cigarettes and vapes do not show this same pattern of damage. This is not to say that vaping is a smart health choice. Adults should be aware that vaping comes with some health risks, including breathing issues and lung illnesses. Yet, when compared to cigarettes, vaping certainly seems to be the less harmful choice.
Takeaways
There is solid evidence that vaping might be able to aid cigarette smokers who are interested in quitting. There is also good reason to believe that vaping is less damaging than smoking, so, at the very least, the transition to a disposable vape would seem to be a positive one in terms of overall health.
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