This is one of the main arguments put forward by electronic cigarette manufacturers: vaping would be a good solution to say “goodbye” to cigarettes. Yes, but here it is: according to a recent BVA study conducted among 1000 vapers for theNational Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety (ANSES), this statement would not be entirely correct …
Indeed: this survey (conducted among adults, daily or occasional vapers) shows that 63% of electronic cigarette users continue to smoke tobacco at the same time. Among them, 43% are even daily smokers, with at least 1 cigarette consumed per day.
Does the electronic cigarette really allow you to quit smoking? Not sure. However, among the 37% of “exclusive” vapers (who do not smoke / no longer smoke electronic cigarettes, therefore), 34% are former smokers – while the remaining 3% have never smoked in their life. , or almost. In addition, 68% of users explain having started vaping to quit smoking.
On this question, the health authorities are not unanimous: if the World Health Organization (WHO) “advises” this solution in the context of smoking cessation, the National Academy of Medicine emphasized (in 2019) that the electronic cigarette had already enabled 700,000 people to quit smoking.
Electronic cigarette: it could be harmful to health
Is there an addiction to electronic cigarettes? Again, difficult to answer. However, 84% of respondents believe that “you can become addicted to electronic cigarettes”. Three quarters of electronic cigarette users vape every day; 58% of them have been vaping daily for at least 2 years. And only 36% of them intend to cut back on vaping …
The toxicity of vaping and its long-term effects are still questionable. Deemed harmful “without a doubt” by the World Health Organization (WHO), electronic cigarettes could promote infections of the mouth, myocardial infarction or even certain pulmonary pathologies.
But scientific studies are, for the moment, not all on the same wavelength. According to the BVA study, 70% of vapers believe that e-cigarettes are less harmful to health than tobacco.
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