E-cigarettes and smoking cessation in real-world and clinical settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

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 cessa

SUBMITTER: Kalkhoran S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4752870 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature