Some E-Cig Smokers Say Devices Helped Them Quit!

Some E-Cig Smokers Say Devices Helped Them Quit Smoking Cigarettes


By Daniel J. DeNoon
WebMD Health News
Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD

 Feb. 8, 2011 -- Can puffing electronic cigarettes help smokers quit smoking?

It sounds wrong. E-cigarettes should be banned, says a long list of prestigious anti-tobacco groups including the American Cancer Society and the American Lung Association. But a federal court has stymied FDA efforts to keep them off the U.S. market.

Meanwhile, more and more Americans are buying e-cigarettes. And many of them say they've used the nicotine vaporizers to quit smoking real cigarettes, according to a new survey by Michael B. Siegel, MD, MPH, of Boston University School of Public Health.

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