A cigarette with the nicotine removed is likely to lead to a smoker drawing harder or smoking more in a desperate attempt to reach that levelultimately taking in more of the cancer-causing tar in the process
Results show that, among ex-smokers who had quit five or more years prior to the study, those who had gone on to use e-cigarettes were more likely to die from lung cancer (adjusted HR=2.69, 95%CI 1.126.46) than those who had not
The researchers found that both dual users and reducers increased their cotinine levels from baseline, while abstainers who used nicotine replacements decreased their continine levels by 38%
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Reference Freeman, Morgan, Vaughn-Jones, Hussain, Karimi and Curran2012