A longitudinal analysis of electronic cigarette use and smoking cessation
Menée à partir d'une enquête en ligne auprès d'un échantillon de 949 fumeurs dont 88 utilisateurs de cigarettes électroniques (âge : 18 ans ou plus), cette étude longitudinale évalue l'intérêt de la cigarette électronique pour arrêter ou réduire le tabagisme
Although electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes or electronic nicotine delivery systems) are aggressively promoted as smoking cessation aids,1 studies of their effectiveness for cessation have been unconvincing.2,3 One randomized trial comparing e-cigarettes with and without nicotine with a nicotine patch found no differences in 6-month quit rates.2 Population-based, longitudinal studies have also not shown associations between e-cigarette use and quitting.4,5 A longitudinal, international study found that, although 85% of smokers who used e-cigarettes reported using them to quit, e-cigarette users did not quit more frequently than nonusers (P = .52).4 Among US quitline callers, e-cigarette users were less likely to have quit at 7 months than nonusers.5 We conducted a longitudinal analysis of a national sample of current US smokers to determine whether e-cigarette use predicted successful quitting or reduced cigarette consumption.
JAMA Internal Medicine , résumé, 2013