“Researchers at the University of East Anglia (UEA) have looked at ex-smokers who lapse back to tobacco use. Sarah Victoria Gentry, Emma Ward, Lynne Dawkins, Richard Holland, and Caitlin Notley found that smokers who had switched to vaping didn’t consider their quit attempt over if they briefly lapsed – unlike those who tried to quit using other methods. The study, “Reported patterns of vaping to support long-term abstinence from smoking: a cross-sectional survey of a convenience sample of vapers”, has just been published in the Drug and Alcohol Review journal. The researchers said that while vapers may occasionally have the odd smoking lapse, “they don’t see it as ‘game over’ for their quit attempt and it doesn’t have to lead to a full relapse. The findings suggest that vaping encourages not just smoking cessation, but long-term relapse prevention.”
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