Effectiveness and safety of electronic cigarettes among sole and dual user vapers in Kuantan and Pekan, Malaysia: a six-month observational study

• Main Authors: Nik Mohamed, Mohamad Haniki, M. Rahman, Azizur, Jamshed, Shazia Qasim, Mahmood, Syed F.
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: Springer Nature 2018
• Subjects: RC Internal medicine
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/66768/1/66768_Effectiveness%20and%20safety%20of%20electronic_article.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/66768/2/66768_Effectiveness%20and%20safety%20of%20electronic_scopus.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/66768/13/66768%20Effectiveness%20and%20safety%20of%20electronic%20cigarettes%20among%20sole%20and%20dual%20user%20vapers%20in%20Kuantan%20and%20Pekan%2C%20Malaysia_WOS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/66768/; https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s12889-018-5951-2

Background: Current studies on electronic cigarettes (ECs) have assessed the smoking cessation effectiveness and safety of EC among sole EC users. However, in Malaysia and elsewhere, most EC users also smoke conventional cigarettes (CCs). We aimed to investigate nicotine cessation for both ECs and...