University of California-San Diego research

There have been at least three studies in 2017 alone that support vaping as a viable way to reduce or quit cigarette smoking! This well-designed research from the University of California-San Diego — amazingly, from the very heart of the anti-vaping tobacco control world — used U.S. Census data to show that vaping helps more smokers try to quit, and smokers who vape succeed at quitting more often.

“Use of e-cigarettes was associated both with a higher quit rate for individuals as well as at the population level; driving an increase in the overall number of people quitting,” said lead author Shu-Hong Zhu.

E-cigarette use and associated changes in population smoking cessation: evidence from US current population surveys – Shu-Hong Zhu, Yue-Lin Zhuang, Shiushing Wong, Sharon E Cummins, Gary J Tedeschi