This is no longer a surprise but it is information that still seems to amaze the media as much as ever: The e-cigarette is indeed a viable option to quit smoking! It is also used more and more as a tool for smoking cessation, according to Public Health France. The percentage of adults who vape climbed by 1,1% in the space of a year when the number of smokers fell by 1,5%.
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Fewer smokers but more vapers. According to Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin (BEH) Public Health France published the 28 May 2019, the electronic cigarette is increasingly used as a weaning tool to stop smoking tobacco. " Among the tools to help with smoking cessation (patches and other nicotine substitutes, note), the electronic cigarette is the most used by smokers to stop smoking", Notes as well François Bourdillon, Director General of Public Health France.
The health agency's figures come from its Health Barometer, a survey it regularly conducts by telephone. Those data " underline for the first time the increase in the use of e-cigarettes“, According to François Bourdillon. Specifically, in 2018, 3,8% of adults aged 18 to 75 say they use electronic cigarettes daily. A notable increase compared to 2017, when this proportion was only 2,7%.
But how do you know for sure that the new vapers are the old smokers? " As observed since its arrival on the market in the early 2010s, e-cigarettes mainly attract smokers“, First comments the BEH.
Another thing to note: among adults who smoke tobacco every day, eight in ten have tried e-cigarettes. Conversely, only 6% of those who have never smoked tobacco have already tried vaping, and it is extremely rare that a vaper has never smoked before, assures Public Health France. Finally, over 40% of daily vapers also smoke tobacco every day (and 10% occasionally). Almost half of them (48,8%) are former smokers.
Source : Francetvinfo.fr/
