Can Vaping Help You Quit Smoking?

Here’s a question I often hear from my patients who smoke — can vaping help you quit smoking?

So, we know that vaping nicotine e-cigarettes is addictive and the chemicals in that vapor are harmful. But vapes are less addictive and seem to be less harmful than tobacco cigarettes. Cigarettes are addictive mainly because of the nicotine but are harmful because of the thousands of other chemicals that damage our lungs and cause various diseases such as cancer.

So, might it make sense to get that nicotine from vapes instead? In other words, can e-cigarettes effectively reduce harm by helping you to quit smoking, by swapping that smoking habit for a vaping habit? Let’s get into it.

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