E-Cigarettes and Relapse to Cigarette Smoking

Topics: E-Cigarettes | Smoking Cessation | Vaping

REVIEW OF: Pierce JP et al, JAMA Network Open 2021;4(10):e2128810 STUDY TYPE: Cohort study Mounting evidence suggests that ­e-cigarettes are effective for smoking cessation—nearly twice as effective as nicotine replacement therapy (see CATR May/Jun 2020 for a review of a prominent randomized controlled trial). While health authorities in some c

A Primer on Vaping: 15 Years On

Topics: E-Cigarettes | Smoking Cessation | teens | Vaping

CATR: Can you give us your professional background? Dr. Kaliamurthy: I finished medical school in India followed by an adult psychiatry residency and child psychiatry fellowship at the Institute of Living in Hartford, CT. I then completed an addiction psychiatry fellowship at Yale and am currently an attending psychiatrist at the Children’s National

E-Cigarettes vs Nicotine Replacement for Smoking Cessation

Topics: Abstinence | E-Cigarettes | Research Update | smoking cessations | tobacco research

Review of: Hajek P et al, N Engl J Med 2019;380(7):629–637 E-cigarettes are increasingly popular, often touted as exposing users to fewer toxins than combustible cigarettes. Might they be useful for smoking cessation and abstinence? To answer this question, Hajek et al performed a multicenter randomized controlled trial comparing e-cigarettes to ni