e-cigarettes effective way to quit smoking
A first-ever Indian study has found that Electronic Nicotine Delivery System (ENDS), also known as e-cigarettes, pose much less a health risk than combustible cigarettes and could be an ideal tool to reduce or give up smoking.
Published in the Indian Journal of Clinical Practice (IJCP), the study, involving a “systematic review of 299 published scientific literatures”, was conducted by Prof R.N. Sharan and his team from the North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong. It compared the toxicities of nicotine, other chemicals and metal ions produced during cigarette smoking and use of e-cigarettes.
According to the team, “despite increasing awareness and regulatory measures to discourage cigarette smoking, the tobacco burden across the world has not shown significant decline over the years”. In such a scenario, alternatives for tobacco harm reduction like ENDS or e-cigarettes, need to be evaluated.
