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Latest Australian study confirms vaping can help people quit smoking

A new peer-reviewed review focused on Australian smokers found that nicotine vaping devices can help people quit smoking and could significantly reduce smoking rates in Australia.
The latest scientific review specifically targeting the Australian smoking population is consistent with previous similar studies, indicating that using nicotine-containing e-cigarettes is effective for smoking cessation and can significantly reduce local smoking rates.<\/span>

This peer-reviewed study titled “Can E-Cigarettes Help Reduce Smoking Rates in Australia?” was co-authored by Australian scholars Associate Professor Colin Mendelsohn, Professor Wayne Hall, and Professor Ron Borland, and published in the scientific journal "Drug and Alcohol Review".<\/span>

This is the first study to specifically focus on smoking cessation behavior in Australia and was published just in time for the <\/font>release<\/a> by the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP), which currently recommends the use of e-cigarette products for smoking cessation.<\/font><\/span><\/p>

The researchers found that <\/font>smoking<\/a> plays a significant role in reducing the stagnation of smoking rates in Australia.<\/font>“There is evidence that in the UK and the US, vaping has increased quit attempts and reduced national smoking rates, while in the UK and the US, the decline in smoking rates has accelerated.<\/font> In contrast, countries with restrictive vaping policies like Australia have not observed this trend of declining prevalence.”<\/font><\/font><\/span><\/p>

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