are electronic cigarettes a gateway to smoking?
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"Despite claims that use of electronic cigarettes risks renormalising smoking, we found no evidence to support this view. On the contrary, electronic cigarettes may be helping to reduce smoking as more people use them as an aid to quitting."
Professor West,Smoking Toolkit
NicotineReplacement
TherapyElectronicCigarettes
JUST 0.1% OF ECIGARETTE USERSHAVE NEVER SMOKED
ExistingSmokers
*oncea week or more
ExSmokers
WHO USES ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES?
WHY PEOPLE ARE USING ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES?
WHICH IS MORE EFFECTIVE AT GETTING PEOPLE OFF TOBACCO CIGARETTES?
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Sources: www.ash.org.uk/files/documents/ASH_891.pdfhttp://nicotinepolicy.net/commentary/86-g-krol/861-new-research-shows-electronic-cigarettes-better-for-quitting-than-no-air-over-thecounter-nrt-worse-than-no-aidwww.smokinginengland.info/latest-statistics/ www.ecigarettedirect.co.uk
EX SMOKERS
71%
48%
"To help me stop smoking entirely"
"To help keep me o� tobacco"
CURRENT SMOKERS
48%
37%
"To help me reduce the amount of tobacco I smoke, but not stop completely"
"To save money compared with smoking tobacco"
Children regularly using electronic cigarettes*
10% 19.9%
ALMOST TWICE ASEFFECTIVE AS NRT!
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people now use electronic cigarettes - but are they a gateway to or an exit from smoking?
We take a look at the evidence.
ELECTRONICCIGARETTES:A GATEWAY TO SMOKING?
2,000,000
5%Existing Smokers
0%Non-Smokers