Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation: a randomised controlled trial

Bullen, Chris; Howe, Colin; Laugesen, Murray; McRobbie, Hayden; Parag, Varsha; Williman, Jonathan; Walker, Natalie

doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(13)61842-5

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“…Subsequently, a New Zealand-based trial conducted by Bullen and colleagues compared e-cigarettes to nicotine patches and a placebo-containing e-cigarette device [7]. A total of 657 smokers who wished to quit were randomized 4:4:1 into one of the three treatment arms.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Current and Future Trends in Electronic Cigarette Use

Mcgraw¹

2014

Int J Psychiatry Med

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The controversy regarding the use of electronic cigarettes as a possible modality for smoking cessation has grown in recent years. Epidemiologic surveys indicate that usage rates in both adults and adolescents have increased substantially as the popularity of these devices continues to rise. At present, there is a small but growing body of evidence studying the possible role that these "e-cigarettes" may have as a nicotine replacement tool. Much of the existing data are from observational studies and surveys which track the epidemiologic and demographic trends of e-cigarette users. More recently-published articles have begun to utilize randomized, experimental designs to directly compare the efficacy of e-cigarettes to active and passive controls in outcome measures such as conventional cigarette quit rates and time to relapse. Barriers to widespread adoption of e-cigarette use as a smoking cessation modality include a lack of long-term safety and toxicology data, a lack of standardization of devices, and a debate regarding whether devices can be marketed for both social nicotine use, as well as nicotine replacement. A possible role of e-cigarettes that has not yet been explored is in the primary prevention of conventional cigarette use among young adults that are smoking-naïve.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Current and Future Trends in Electronic Cigarette Use

Mcgraw¹

2014

Int J Psychiatry Med

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“…One of the few randomized controlled trials on e-cigarettes comes from Christopher Bullen, who studies tobacco control at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His study, published last year 4 , found that an early e-cigarette model was roughly as effective as nicotine patches at helping smokers to quit. But critics have cited weaknesses such as problems monitoring the actual use of devices and differences in how study participants obtained them.…”

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E-cigarettes: The lingering questions

Cressey¹

2014

Nature

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“…Apparently, e-cigarettes have less toxicants than conventional cigarettes (Goniewicz et al, 2014) but acute adverse effects on respiratory function have been reported (Vardavas et al, 2012) and long-term health effects and abuse liability are uncertain. E-cigarettes are advocated as smoking cessation aids, but conflicting findings have been reported by trials (Bullen et al, 2013;Caponnetto et al, 2013), longitudinal (Adkison et al, 2013;Grana, Popova, & Ling, 2014) and cross-sectional (Brown, Beard, Kotz, Michie, & West, 2015) studies. Some had argued that popular use of e-cigarettes may undermine tobacco control policies and renormalizes smoking (Fairchild, Bayer, & Colgrove, 2014).…”

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confidence: 99%