E-cigarettes and smoking cessation in real-world and clinical settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis
By S. Kalkhoran, S. Glantz. The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 2016
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Summary Background Smokers increasingly use e-cigarettes for many reasons, including attempts to quit combustible cigarettes and to use nicotine where smoking is prohibited. We aimed to assess the association between e-cigarette use and cigarette smoking cessation among adult cigarette smokers, irrespective of their motivation for using e-cigarettes. Methods PubMed and Web of Science were searched between April 27, 2015, and June 17, 2015. Data extracted included study location, design, population, definition and prevalence of e-cigarette use, comparison group (if applicable), cigarette consumption, level of nicotine dependence, other confounders, definition of quitting smoking, and odds of quitting smoking. The primary endpoint was cigarette smoking cessation. Odds of smoking cessation among smokers using e-cigarettes compared with smokers not using e-cigarettes were assessed using a random effects meta-analysis. A modification of the ACROBAT-NRSI tool and the Cochrane Risk of Bias Tool were used to assess bias. This meta-analysis is registered with PROSPERO (number CRD42015020382). Findings 38 studies (of 577 studies identified) were included in the systematic review; all 20 studies with control groups (15 cohort studies, three cross-sectional studies, and two clinical trials) were included in random effects meta-analysis and sensitivity analyses. Odds of quitting cigarettes were 28% lower in those who used e-cigarettes compared with those who did not use e-cigarettes (odds ratio [OR] 0·72, 95% CI 0·57–0·91). Association of e-cigarette use with quitting did not significantly differ among studies of all smokers using e-cigarettes (irrespective of interest in quitting cigarettes) compared with studies of only smokers interested in cigarette cessation (OR 0·63, 95% CI 0·45–0·86 vs 0·86, 0·60–1·23; p=0·94). Other study characteristics (design, population, comparison group, control variables, time of exposure assessment, biochemical verification of abstinence, and definition of e-cigarette use) were also not associated with the overall effect size (p≥0·77 in all cases). Interpretation As currently being used, e-cigarettes are associated with significantly less quitting among smokers.
Subfields: Molecular Biology, Physiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
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- 2016 European Guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice. (2016, background): “e-cigarettes, as currently being used, are associated with significantly less quitting among smokers.(310) Although no safety issues have been observed in the short term (2 years), determining the long-term health effects of e-cigarettes (and in particular dual use with cigarettes) will require more”
- 2016 European Guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice (2016, background): “e-cigarettes, as currently being used, are associated with significantly less quitting among smokers.(310) Although no safety issues have been observed in the short term (2 years), determining the long-term health effects of e-cigarettes (and in particular dual use with cigarettes) will require more”