According to a 2019 Cochrane review, e-cigarettes were found to be more effective for quitting smoking than nicotine patches or gum (9)
The ban on flavored e-cigarettes is also problematic from a health care standpoint because e-cigarettes are safer than combustible cigarettes and limiting access to these products could cause many vapers to relapse to smoking and prevent some smokers who would otherwise have switched from doing so, limiting tobacco harm reduction
For adults overall, the most recent year of data from NHIS is presented for each indicator by key demographic characteristics (e.g., sex, age [1824, 2544, and 4564 years of age and 65 years of age and older], race/ethnicity, level of education, geographic region, and status of health insurance), followed by trends over time among adults for men and women overall and for non-Hispanic Whites (hereafter referred to as Whites), non-Hispanic Blacks (hereafter referred to as Blacks), and Hispanics
Exposure to Thirdhand Smoke This is a source for long-term exposure to harmful pollutants, which have been shown to damage human cells and DNA, and may be associated with short and long-term health problems such as asthma and cancer
