{"id":871497,"date":"2026-08-26T00:26:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T00:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/871497\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T00:26:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T00:26:15","slug":"nicotine-vapes-best-chance-to-quit-smoking-major-review-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/871497\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicotine vapes best chance to quit smoking, major review finds"},"content":{"rendered":"

Smokers who want to quit have the best chance of doing so if they use nicotine e-cigarettes, a review has found.<\/p>\n

The Cochrane team looked at 80 major trials involving nearly 30,000 people and found that nicotine vapes were more effective than traditional aids such as patches, gum and support plans – increasing the success rate by about 60%, from around six in every 100 managing to quit smoking to one in every 10.<\/p>\n

They outperformed non-nicotine vapes too, although researchers say switching to these afterwards might help with weaning off nicotine.<\/p>\n

And they could prove more effective than the new anti-smoking pill cytisine<\/a>, which the NHS has started to roll out – although more research is needed.<\/p>\n

Long-term risks not yet clear<\/p>\n

Experts say vaping, although not entirely risk-free, is far safer than smoking.<\/p>\n

In the UK, there are now more over-16s using vapes or e-cigarettes than smoking cigarettes, figures show<\/a>. Around 5.3 million people or 10% of adults say they smoke, while around 5.4 million use vapes daily or occasionally.<\/p>\n

The review<\/a> of the most recent and best quality evidence to date applies to regulated vapes that are checked for quality and compliant with strict safety laws.<\/p>\n

It doesn’t look at unregulated ones that can contain illicit substances, like spice or THC.<\/p>\n

One of the report authors, Dr Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, cautioned: “Unlicensed e-cigarettes are potentially dangerous, with issues including unstable batteries and harmful chemicals.<\/p>\n

“Anyone looking to use e-cigarettes to quit smoking should only purchase devices that have been tested and approved by their country’s regulatory body.”<\/p>\n

The review found no evidence of any increased risk of serious harm from using e-cigarettes to quit.<\/p>\n

The long-term risks of vaping are not yet clear though, and the NHS says children and non-smokers should never vape.<\/p>\n

Doctors say vaping could lead to health harms in children<\/a> and should be made “less attractive” to them.<\/p>\n

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Smoking is the leading cause of preventable disease and death, killing over seven million a year [Getty Images]<\/p>\n

Around two in three people who smoke long-term will die from a tobacco-related illness, says the charity Action on Smoking and Health.<\/p>\n

According to the World Health Organization, smoking is the leading cause of preventable disease and death, killing over seven million people a year.<\/p>\n

Quitting smoking reduces your risk of serious illnesses like heart disease, lung cancer, and stroke.<\/p>\n

Almost every local NHS stop smoking service provides vapes or other support to help people quit.<\/p>\n

You can search online<\/a> for your local service with your postcode.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Smokers who want to quit have the best chance of doing so if they use nicotine e-cigarettes, a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":871498,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[256151,49,48,84,302550,56113,180260,256152,302549,302551],"class_list":["post-871497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-anti-smoking","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-health","tag-nhs-stop-smoking","tag-nicotine","tag-quit-smoking","tag-smokers","tag-smoking-cigarettes","tag-vapes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=871497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/871498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=871497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=871497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=871497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}