E-cigarettes helped more smokers quit than nicotine replacement therapy

Rob Cook; Peter Davidson; Rosie Martin; NIHR Dissemination Centre

doi:10.1136/bmj.l2036

E-cigarettes helped more smokers quit than nicotine replacement therapy

BMJ. 2019 May 10:365:l2036. doi: 10.1136/bmj.l2036.

Authors

Rob Cook¹, Peter Davidson², Rosie Martin³; NIHR Dissemination Centre

Affiliations

¹ Bazian, Economist Intelligence Unit healthcare, London, UK rob.cook@bazian.com.
² Wessex Institute, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
³ Bazian, Economist Intelligence Unit healthcare, London, UK.

PMID: 31076461
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.l2036

Abstract

The studyHajek P, Phillips-Waller A, Przulj D, et al. A randomised trial of e-cigarettes versus nicotine-replacement therapy. N Engl J Med 2019;380:629-37.This trial was funded by the NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme (12/167/135) and by Cancer Research UK.To read the full NIHR Signal, go to https://discover.dc.nihr.ac.uk/content/signal-000757/e-cigarettes-helped-more-smokers-quit-than-nicotine-replacement-therapy.

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Publication types

Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

Cost-Benefit Analysis
Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Nicotine / therapeutic use*
Smokers / psychology
Smokers / statistics & numerical data*
Smoking Cessation / methods*
Smoking Cessation / psychology
Tobacco Use Cessation Devices / statistics & numerical data*
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Nicotine