An Italian study led in part by Dr Riccardo Polosa of the University of Catania was able to conclude an improvement in respiratory health for smokers who no longer used tobacco and used e-cigarettes.
E-cigarette use is an emerging behavior that has been shown to help smokers reduce their cigarette consumption. The aim of the study in question is to illustrate over the long term on the one hand the changes in the measurements of exhaled breathing and on the other hand the respiratory symptoms observed in smokers who will have stopped smoking or will have reduced their consumption. from cigarettes to electronic cigarettes.
Regarding the method used for this study, a prospective evaluation of the cigarette consumption of a group of smokers, the concentration of fractional nitric oxide in the exhaled air, the exhaled carbon monoxide and the symptom score was carried out. for one year on a test group of "healthy" smokers. Among these smokers, some have received 2,4%, 1,8% nicotine, or no nicotine diffused with e-cigarettes.
In conclusion, It seems that smokers invited to switch to e-cigarettes and who completely refrained from smoking showed stable and progressive improvements in their expired measurements and symptom scores. The results of fractional nitric oxide concentration in exhaled air and exhaled carbon monoxide are very favorable to improved respiratory health outcomes, this reinforces the idea that quitting smoking can reverse the damage contained in the lungs.
Authors of the study : Campagna D, Cibella F, Caponnetto P, Amaradio MD, Caruso M, Morjaria JB, Malerba M, Polosa R.
Source : ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
