Don't vape to quit smoking, it won't help, researchers say

BOSTON - There is bad news if you're vaping to try to stop smoking. A new study finds it may not help.

Researchers at George Washington University found that people who both vape and smoke are likely to keep smoking in the long run.

They studied people over a six-year period and found that 42% actually quit vaping early on and continued to smoke while 15% continued using both products. Only 10% of participants actually quick both vaping and smoking.

Both e-cigarettes and cigarettes pose significant health risks and both deliver nicotine which is addictive, so ideally you should try to quit both.

Mallika Marshall, MD

Mallika Marshall, MD is an Emmy-award-winning journalist and physician who has served as the HealthWatch Reporter for CBS Boston/WBZ-TV for over 20 years. A practicing physician Board Certified in both Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Dr. Marshall serves on staff at Harvard Medical School and practices at Massachusetts General Hospital at the MGH Chelsea Urgent Care and the MGH Revere Health Center, where she is currently working on the frontlines caring for patients with COVID-19. She is also a host and contributing editor for Harvard Health Publications (HHP), the publishing division of Harvard Medical School.

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