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Vaping for smoking cessation.

Authors :
Mendes, Aysha
Source :
British Journal of Community Nursing; Aug2019, Vol. 24 Issue 8, p404-405, 2p
Publication Year :
2019

Abstract

The article investigates vaping or use of e-cigarettes as a way to stop cigarette smoking. Topics discussed include National Health Service (NHS) data on decline of cigarette smoking from 2017 to 2018 equivalent to 20,000 successful quit attempts per year which is attributed to vaping and studies on the dangers in e-cigarette liquid. Also mentioned is a report by Public Health England indicating that vaping poses only a small fractions of the risk of smoking cigarettes.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
14624753
Volume :
24
Issue :
8
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
British Journal of Community Nursing
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
137857768
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.12968/bjcn.2019.24.8.404