archive E-cigarettesReduced risk for smokers
E-cigarettes have nothing to do with fags. They do not burn tobacco, but vaporize liquids that either contain nicotine or not. Since this produces fewer carcinogenic substances, experts in Great Britain have long been advising smokers to switch. New studies prove them right.
By Volker Mrasek | 11/30/2020
Listen 05:43 Four years ago, a Cochrane report on e-cigarettes as a means of smoking cessation was published. At that time there were only 15 studies on the subject. Today there are already 50, says Jamie Hartmann-Boyce. The health scientist is a member of the Cochrane Research Group on Tobacco Addiction at the University of Oxford in England, which has now published a new paper on smoking cessation with e-cigarettes They are the most reliable. They're called randomized controlled trials. And we now have stronger evidence that e-cigarettes can help you quit smoking."10 percent of smokers give up tobacco thanks to e-cigarettes from Great Britain and Italy, not a single one from Germany. The Cochrane experts conclude that when tobacco smokers use nicotine patches or chewing gum to stop smoking, i.e. the usual means of giving up smoking, this is only successful in six out of a hundred cases. If, on the other hand, they opt for e-cigarettes with nicotine, then ten out of a hundred smokers manage not to touch tobacco anymore, says Jamie Hartmann-Boyce. "That may not sound like a particularly high number at first. In a perfect world everyone would people who want to can just quit smoking. But in reality it's extremely difficult. That's why it makes a difference if ten out of a hundred smokers quit and not just six. Because that's the best thing they can do for their health can." Apparently it depends on the nicotine. Because e-cigarettes that do not release it hardly perform better than nicotine patches and chewing gum. It is still unclear whether long-term side effects threaten. The studies have so far not revealed any serious side effects from vaping e-cigarettes, says Nancy Rigotti. The US doctor heads a tobacco research center in Boston: "The e-cigarettes were well tolerated, there were no serious health problems - which, however, can only be said for the short periods of the studies. The big question is: what happens if you use e-cigarettes? Cigarettes used in the long term? Our report cannot provide an answer to that. Studies like the ones we are evaluating here generally run for six or perhaps twelve months. We do not have longer data series available at the moment." addicted" Doctor Thomas Münzel has warned of the harmful effects and high nicotine concentration of e-cigarettes. The industry has focused on the youth market, he said in Dlf. She would definitely recommend e-cigarettes to smokers if they can't cope with nicotine patches or chewing gum, says the Harvard professor. The health risk when vaping is certainly lower than that from smoking. Vaping is healthier than smoking - but it is not healthy. A new overview paper from the German Cancer Research Center reads the same thing. The DKFZ also emphasizes that e-cigarettes are by no means harmless. Biologist Katrin Schaller heads the Cancer Prevention Unit at the DKFZ: "What we don't know yet is how much less harmful they ultimately are. So when smokers switch to e-cigarettes, it's possible that they significantly reduce their potential for damage. Of course, you should also stop using e-cigarettes in the long term, because they probably also pose a certain health risk." But that cannot be said exactly yet, because there are no corresponding long-term studies, emphasizes Katrin Schaller: "On the other hand, It is also the case that e-cigarettes are not at all suitable for non-smokers, especially young people. Because for those who do not otherwise inhale smoke, everything else is of course a health risk." at the University of Applied Sciences in Frankfurt am Main. The social scientist recently invited to a conference on new ways to curb smoking. This resulted in a position paper with the appeal to propagate e-cigarettes more as a suitable exit aid. They are already reducing the number of smokers and the health risks associated with tobacco cigarettes: "With e-cigarettes, only liquid is heated and not burned. That is the main difference. And this main difference leads to the fact that the risks are manageable. It is not healthy to vape, but it is far, far less harmful than smoking." However, many smokers are not aware of this. That's why Stöver thinks more education is necessary: "The majority of the population still assumes that e-cigarettes are just as harmful or even more harmful than burning cigarettes. And of course that's misinformation!" The e-cigarette is always still highly controversial, but experts are actually largely in agreement: it can help smokers to quit and reduce their health risk - non-smokers should better keep their hands off it! 
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