{"id":12527,"date":"2024-11-20T14:47:54","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T14:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clearingtheair.eu\/switching-to-vaping-from-smoking-improves-respiratory-health-new-study-finds\/"},"modified":"2025-01-06T16:09:46","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T16:09:46","slug":"switching-to-vaping-from-smoking-improves-respiratory-health-new-study-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clearingtheair.eu\/en\/post\/switching-to-vaping-from-smoking-improves-respiratory-health-new-study-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"Switching to vaping from smoking improves respiratory health, new study finds"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Smokers who switch to vaping experience improved respiratory health, a major new study has shown. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The paper<\/a>, published in the journal Nicotine and Tobacco Research <\/em>by Oxford University Press, <\/em>observed a group of adult smokers in the U.S. who had reported a baseline cough or wheeze.<\/p>\n

It found that participants who took up vaping instead of smoking saw significant improvements in their symptoms of wheezing. <\/p>\n

The report says: \u201cGovernment agencies are increasingly weighing the risks and benefits of e-cigarette-assisted cigarette cessation given the reduced harm associated with e-cigarette use. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis study provides novel evidence that completely transitioning from cigarettes to e-cigarettes is associated with increased rates of resolution from self-reported wheeze symptoms.\u201d<\/p>\n

Complete switch to vaping most effective<\/strong><\/p>\n

Switching to vapes had no effect, however, on reports of coughing. Those who started vaping while also continuing to smoke cigarettes saw no change in their respiratory symptoms.<\/p>\n

This was true even among participants who reduced the number of cigarettes they smoked. It shows that stopping smoking completely is most beneficial to respiratory health. <\/p>\n

The report continues: \u201c.. those who transitioned from exclusive cigarette smoking to dual use and did not reduce their cigarette smoking intensity had decreased rates of respiratory symptom resolution compared with persistent smokers.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Researchers used data from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study, a national measure of tobacco use in the U.S. performed by the National Institutes of Health. <\/p>\n

They observed 5,210 adult smokers between 2013 and 2019 who smoked cigarettes at the beginning of the study and reported a baseline cough or wheeze. <\/p>\n

The participants were divided into four groups: those who quit smoking altogether, those who switched to vaping exclusively, those who carried on only smoking, and those who continued smoking but also started vaping.  <\/p>\n

The study said: \u201c.. transitioning from cigarettes to e-cigarettes was associated with increased rates of wheeze resolution but not cough resolution compared with persistent smoking.\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Vaping not associated with tobacco-related disease<\/strong><\/p>\n

The findings add to a growing body of evidence showing that vaping is significantly less harmful to health than smoking. <\/p>\n

Last month a study found vaping to be beneficial to patients with heart disease<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The study<\/a> from South Korea, published in the European Heart Journal, found that switching to vapes was equally as beneficial as quitting smoking entirely without using any alternatives.  <\/p>\n

And a recent landmark study from Sweden found vaping is not associated with any tobacco-related diseases such as cancer, heart problems and lung disease. Meanwhile, smoking is responsible for eight million deaths globally per year. <\/p>\n

Sweden, which makes vapes and other nicotine alternatives widely available for smokers wanting to quit, was last week declared the world\u2019s first \u201csmoke free\u201d country.<\/p>\n

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