ArticleLung India : official organ of Indian Chest Society
Electronic cigarette, effective or harmful for quitting smoking and respiratory health: A quantitative review papers.
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6 citing papers in PubMed.
- Motives for using electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) as a cessation tool are associated with tobacco abstinence at 1-year follow-up: A prospective investigation among young adults in the United States Air Force.Preventive medicine reports · 2023Article
- The Substitution of Fifty Percent of Combustible Tobacco Smoke Exposure With Either Electronic Cigarettes or Heated tobacco Products Did Not Attenuate Acute Lung Injury in an Animal Model.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2023Article
- Do family physicians perceive electronic cigarette use as a harm reduction strategy for smokers? A survey from Istanbul.Primary health care research & development · 2022Article
- Use of Potentially Reduced Exposure Tobacco Products Among American Indian Smokeless Tobacco Users: Associations With Cessation Behaviors and Cotinine Levels.Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974) · 2020Article
- E-cigarettes and Tobacco Exposure Biomarkers among American Indian Smokers.American journal of health behavior · 2018Article
- Cigarette and e-cigarette dual use and risk of cardiopulmonary symptoms in the Health eHeart Study.PloS one · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundIn recent years, electronic cigarettes (ECs) have been heavily advertised as an alternative smoking device as well as a possible cessation method. We aimed to review all published scientific literature pertaining to ECs and to present a simple conclusion about their effects for quitting smoking and respiratory health.
methodsThis was a cross-sectional study with a search of PubMed, limited to English publications upto September 2014. The total number of papers which had ECs in its title and their conclusions positive or negative regarding ECs effects were computed. The number of negative papers was subtracted from the number of positive ones to make a score.
resultsOf the 149 articles, 137 (91.9%) were accessible, of which 68 did not have inclusion criteria. In the 69 remaining articles, 24 studies supported ECs and 45 considered these to be harmful. Finally, based on this evidence, the score of ECs (computed result with positive minus negative) was -21.
conclusionEvidence to suggest that ECs may be effective and advisable for quitting smoking or a safe alternative for smoking is lacking and may instead harm the respiratory system. However, further studies are needed.
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