Stay Alert for Inpatients Using E-Cigs to Quit Smoking

More patients will be using e-cigarettes (or “vapes”) to help quit smoking based on emerging data.

“E-cigs” expose users to lower levels of cancer-causing and toxic chemicals vs cigarette smoking. And most smoking-related diseases are not from the nicotine itself...they’re from tobacco combustion byproducts.

Now we have some evidence that e-cigs containing nicotine might increase cigarette quit rates in about 4 more patients per 100...compared to nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) using patches, gums, etc.