The government and health officials would have you believe that e-cigarettes are a menace to society. They could be a gateway for teenagers to start smoking tobacco cigarettes. A couple of examples of faulty products are signs that the product has failed and should be taxed 90 percent or banned altogether.
Well, these arguments are nonsense, says a new study by Rutgers School of Public Health and the Schroeder Institute.
According to the report, people are not more likely to complement their tobacco cigarette smoking with e-cigarette use and they are not gateways to regular tobacco. Essentially, the report debunked some of the popular myths perpetrated by politicians, the tobacco lobby and government health officials.
Using data from the 2014 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), e-cigarettes are not attracting adult non-smokers nor prompting former smokers into relapse. In fact, the data suggest a growing number of smokers are quitting thanks to e-cigarettes.
Moreover, the number of experimentation among adults is very low; only 0.4 percent of individuals who ever smoked have vaped. For those who have never smoked a cigarette in their life, just three percent have tried an e-cigarette.
“This is in line with other recent evidence that regular, daily e-cigarette use may help some smokers quit cigarettes,” said Cristine Delnevo, researcher at the School of Public Health and lead author of the study, in a statement.
Another research argued that e-cigarettes could replace the more dangerous and harmful cigarettes and product positive health benefits.
“The findings suggest that e-cigarettes could be used to displace much more toxic cigarettes among smokers and generate an impressive public health benefit in terms of lives saved,” said David Abrams, Schroeder Institute’s executive director.
Today, only 12 percent of Americans have tried vaping.
Finally some science! Thanks