Most e-cigarette users are also traditional tobacco smokers or former smokers. Among them, some use it as a weaning aid. Do they think it's really effective? The EDIFICE-Roche Observatory publishes the results of a survey on the opinions and attitudes of e-cigarette consumers.
In the panel of interviewees, 6% were vapers, of which 5% also smoked tobacco and 1% were former smokers. The rest consisted of tobacco smokers, former smokers and non-smokers, none of whom were vaping.
« The vapers are more often men ", Indicate the results of the survey. Their socio-economic status is rather low and they are very dependent on nicotine. Logically, therefore, they are a majority (Present in several = 88%) to consume e-cigarettes containing nicotine.
The e-cig to stop smoking?
Recognized as an attractive asset for smoking cessation assistance by many specialists, the electronic cigarette seems to represent a real hope for users. Much more than non-smokers think, giving it more power. So, " users are 69% to think that e-cigarette is a way to quit smoking ". On the other hand, in the general population, they are only Present in several = 31% to believe it. And the majority (Present in several = 58%) believes that e-cigarettes are more a way to reduce smoking than a solution to stop smoking altogether.
Underestimated toxicity?
E-cigarette users are more widely convinced that smoke from an electronic cigarette is less toxic than tobacco smoke. They are also 68% to think that it is less toxic for the smoker, against 40% of non-vapers. And Present in several = 87% to estimate that it is less toxic for the environment, against Present in several = 55% non-e-cigarette users. In addition, a third of vapers believe that the e-cigarette can reduce lung cancer mortality. On the other hand, they are only Present in several = 12% to think it in the general population.
Source : ladepeche.fr
