e-cigarettes as a tool to quitting smoking/harm reduction
This is the second of the smoking-related emails, a provocative perspective appeared in the journal Addiction arguing for easier access to vaporized nicotine products ( VNPs ) as a means of harm reduction for smoking ( see smoking cessation ecigs addiction2016 in dropbox , or doi:10.1111 / add.13394 ). their lines of argument (which does include some mathematical modeling to assess the potential long-term outcomes of these pretty new devices): --a multi-criteria decision analysis estimated that exclusive VNP use would be associated with about 5% of smoking's mortality risk (and is similar to low-nitrosamine smokeless tobacco). --studies looking at cancer biomarkers suggest an even lower risk for cancer, 9-450 times lower than cigarette smoking --so, the crux of the decision analysis of benefits of VNPs really relies on whether VNPs do lead to cigarette smoking in those not having smoked before, whether their use is helpful in smoking cessation, and if their