Nicotine e-cigarettes outperform patches for quitting smoking

A major international review has concluded that nicotine e-cigarettes are more effective than traditional nicotine replacement therapies such as patches and gum for helping people quit smoking. The analysis, published in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, synthesized data from 80 randomized controlled trials involving nearly 30,000 smokers worldwide. The review found high-certainty evidence that using nicotine e-cigarettes increases the chances of successfully quitting smoking for at least six months by about 60 percent compared to nicotine replacement therapy.