Abstract
The latest Cochrane review in October 2020 concluded with moderate confidence that e-cigarettes with nicotine help more adults to stop smoking than nicotine replacement therapy or nicotine-free e-cigarettes.1 Population-level time-series analyses of UK and US data also showed that increases in the prevalence of e-cigarette use have been associated with the overall rate of smoking cessation,2,3 and indirect simulation modelling suggests a decline in overall prevalence coinciding with the growth in the use of the products between 2012 and 2019 in England.
Highlights
The latest Cochrane review in October 2020 concluded with moderate confidence that e-cigarettes with nicotine help more adults to stop smoking than nicotine replace ment therapy or nicotine-free e-cigarettes.[1]
The UK government and Public Health England adopt, in our view, a rational approach to e-cigarettes and support proportionate regulation that seeks to maximise their opportunities and minimise their risks. This regulation has included an early ban on sales to children and advertising that could cross borders, limits on nicotine content, and clear addiction warnings, alongside maintaining tax advantages compared with combustible cigarettes, a notification scheme intended to ensure safety standards, and recommendations for adults to use them for smoking cessation, including in national cessation campaigns
This uncertainty from observational studies is unavoidable, and trial evaluation of scalable interventions that could promote complete cigarette abstinence among dual users is an important area of research
Summary
The latest Cochrane review in October 2020 concluded with moderate confidence that e-cigarettes with nicotine help more adults to stop smoking than nicotine replace ment therapy or nicotine-free e-cigarettes.[1].
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