E-cigarettes as good as nicotine patches in helping smokers quit: study

Smokers who switch to electronic cigarettes to try to kick their habit are at least as likely to succeed in quitting or cutting down as users of nicotine patches, according to research published on Sunday.

In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers compared electronic, or e-cigarettes, with the more standard nicotine replacement therapy patches. Read more here.

Study mentioned: Bullen C, et al. Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation: a randomised controlled trial. The Lancet. 2013 September 9. DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61842-5