Association Between Electronic Cigarette Use and Smoking Reduction in France

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Authors

Ramchandar Gomajee · Institut Pierre Louis d‘Épidémiologie et de Santé Publique

Fabienne El-Khoury · Institut Pierre Louis d‘Épidémiologie et de Santé Publique

Marcel Goldberg · Sorbonne Paris Cité

Marie Zins · Délégation Paris 5

Cédric Lemogne · Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Ouest

Emmanuel Wiernik · Centre de recherche en Epidémiologie et Santé des Populations

Émeline Lequy

Abstract

This study's findings suggest that, among adult smokers, EC use appears to be associated with a decrease in smoking level and an increase in smoking cessation attempts but also with an increase in the level of smoking relapse in the general population after approximately 2 years of follow-up.

Topics & Keywords

Smoking Behavior and Cessation Air Quality and Health Impacts Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: JAMA Internal Medicine

Volume 179, Issue 9, pp. 1193-1193

DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.1483

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