{"id":2588,"date":"2025-03-10T14:47:56","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T14:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tcysapc.org\/?p=2588"},"modified":"2025-03-10T14:51:11","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T14:51:11","slug":"vaping-does-not-help-u-s-tobacco-smokers-quit-and-may-actually-make-it-harder-to-quit-smoking-study-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tcysapc.org\/?p=2588","title":{"rendered":"Vaping Does Not Help U.S. Tobacco Smokers Quit and May Actually Make It Harder To Quit Smoking, Study Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"Researchers at the University of California San Diego have found<\/a>, among smokers in the US, e-cigarette use does not increase smoking cessation and is actually associated with reduced tobacco abstinence. The findings refute the notion that e-cigarettes can help people quit, a common misperception among tobacco users and e-cigarette proponents, according to studies published March 5 in JAMA<\/a>,<\/p>\n

\u201cMost smokers think vaping will help you quit smoking,\u201d said study co-author John P. Pierce, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor in the Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health<\/a>. \u201cHowever, this belief is not supported by science to date. While some researchers have suggested that smokers who switch to daily vaping will be more successful in quitting smoking, We studied quitting success among both daily and non-daily vapers and came up with a quite definitive answer.\u201d Researchers at the Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science and Moores Cancer Center also provided study and input.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The new study analyzed data from over 6,000 U.S. smokers from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study, a nationally representative sample of U.S. cigarette smokers. There were 943 smokers who also vaped and by matching and comparing these to similar smokers who didn\u2019t vape, they found:<\/p>\n