Quitting Vaping Research
https://www.planetofthevapes.co.uk/news/vaping-news/2021-04-13_quitting-vaping-research.html
13 April 2021
"MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researchers have released research making the dubious claim that 66% of vapers want to quit vaping. The paper is published this month on JAMA Network Open. Their findings conflict with a straw poll conducted on the Planet of the Vapes forum which has 60,000 members...
They [MUSC] write: “Approximately 2.8% to 3.2% of US adults are current e-cigarette users, with a majority being current cigarette smokers or former cigarette smokers.”
They go on to add that “a majority of e-cigarette users expressed interest in eventually quitting vaping”, citing a figure of 66% of vapers.
While they correctly note, “the most common use for e-cigarettes is to quit smoking”, the academics express their concern that ex-smokers may then continue to vape “even after discontinuation of combustible cigarettes.” ...
We conducted a straw poll on the Planet of the Vapes forum https://www.planetofthevapes.co.uk/...at/threads/do-you-want-to-quit-vaping.205098/to see if this figure stacked up in the real At the time of writing, the responses to the simple question “Do you want to quit vaping?” are:
Nah, I’m good - 75%
Yes, I absolutely want to quit now but can't - 3.8%
Yes, but I'm going to quit in the future – 21.2%
It is important to note at this point that the vapers on the forum are exclusively ex-smokers and a subset of vapers who enjoy engaging about electronic cigarette issues on social media..."
https://www.planetofthevapes.co.uk/news/vaping-news/2021-04-13_quitting-vaping-research.html
13 April 2021
"MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researchers have released research making the dubious claim that 66% of vapers want to quit vaping. The paper is published this month on JAMA Network Open. Their findings conflict with a straw poll conducted on the Planet of the Vapes forum which has 60,000 members...
They [MUSC] write: “Approximately 2.8% to 3.2% of US adults are current e-cigarette users, with a majority being current cigarette smokers or former cigarette smokers.”
They go on to add that “a majority of e-cigarette users expressed interest in eventually quitting vaping”, citing a figure of 66% of vapers.
While they correctly note, “the most common use for e-cigarettes is to quit smoking”, the academics express their concern that ex-smokers may then continue to vape “even after discontinuation of combustible cigarettes.” ...
We conducted a straw poll on the Planet of the Vapes forum https://www.planetofthevapes.co.uk/...at/threads/do-you-want-to-quit-vaping.205098/to see if this figure stacked up in the real At the time of writing, the responses to the simple question “Do you want to quit vaping?” are:
Nah, I’m good - 75%
Yes, I absolutely want to quit now but can't - 3.8%
Yes, but I'm going to quit in the future – 21.2%
It is important to note at this point that the vapers on the forum are exclusively ex-smokers and a subset of vapers who enjoy engaging about electronic cigarette issues on social media..."
