Georgia State challenges vaping, efforts to quit smoking

E-cigarette manufacturers say their products are designed to help smokers quit.

A new study by Georgia State University raises questions about this

. Health, vapers are 70 percent less likely to quit smoking than nonvapers.

One year after the study, only 9.2 percent of people who smoked and smoked had quit smoking.

"Absence of significant changes, (e-cigarette It is unlikely that the use in adult smokers is a sufficient solution to achieve a significant increase in population drop-out rates," write the

Electronic cigarettes are better than cigarettes because they do not contain tobacco, but they have nicotine – and often in much higher amounts than cigarettes.

Nicotine may be toxic to the heart system, says Cleveland Clinic, a leading national medical and research center specializing in cardiac care, "literally pierces holes through smooth muscle walls and leaves debris in its wake" This can also be detrimental to early brain development.Experts demand more research so that the effects of nicotine in the amounts e t the context of the electronic cigarette can be well understood.

The GSU study indicated that quitting was prohibited for 30 days. He noted that the study had limitations, including that she did not medically verify that study members had quit smoking and that she was unlikely to draw any conclusions on the causes of this departure

. pinned their American hopes now that smoking has definitely diminished here. The maker of e-cigarette Juul, in particular, has experienced spectacular growth, bringing the US market of vaping to $ 1 billion. The Juul home page says that it was "founded with the goal of improving the lives of the billion adult smokers in the world."

Another GSU study found that Juul's sales were largely underestimated. GSU researchers instead turned to cash flow data and found that traditional data, based on the question posed by survey respondents on the use of e-cigarettes, was much lower than the data. on the sales of vapors. This study looked at the promotion of Juul's social media, and concluded that Juul's success had been pushed onto platforms, which traditional advertising compilations did not necessarily take into account. In addition, these platforms are widely used by young people.

Sales of electronic cigarettes to young people are illegal. Juul did not respond to this study or did not respond immediately to this article.

The GSU puts a lot of muscle into research on electronic cigarettes at a time when its health effects are unknown but where use is definitely taking off. The journal in which the new study appears, PLOS One, is well quoted in scientific circles

In addition to the link between the GSU and the journals of the School of Public Health, an economist from Andrew School Young The National Institutes of Health are conducting a four-year study to evaluate the effects of nascent e-cigarette regulation. This study is in partnership with Cornell University, Temple University and the University of Kentucky.