KONTAN.CO.ID – JAKARTA. The difficulty of quitting smoking is something that many people all over the world experience. Not only in Indonesia, even people in developed countries have experienced the same thing. Not without effort, smokers who want to quit or at least reduce smoking have tried many ways.
Many rely on devices such as nicotine patches or gum, even with willpower, but often find themselves craving cigarettes anyway.
However, many people may not realize that in many countries around the world, e-cigarettes have been officially recognized and encouraged for use as a smoking cessation tool.
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The UK is one country that has recognized that e-cigarettes are a way to quit smoking. E-cigarette policy in the UK has been backed by strong scientific evidence that has been shown to offer enormous public health benefits.
Many studies reveal that e-cigarettes are one of the best alternative ways to quit smoking.
As one example, experts at Queen Mary University in London conducted a study, over a six month period, that 27 percent of the 137 smokers who had previously been unable to quit had reduced their cigarette intake by using e-cigarettes.
Furthermore, the experts found that people in the e-cigarette group also found it easier to quit smoking.
Lead researcher and Health Psychologist Dr Katie Myers Smith from Queen Mary University of London said the results had important clinical implications for smokers who had previously been unable to quit smoking using conventional treatments.
“E-cigarettes should be recommended to smokers who have previously struggled to quit using other methods, especially when available behavioral support is limited,” said Dr Myers Smith. The Sun.
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