E-Cigarettes: Helping or Hurting?

Quitting smoking is the number one thing you can do to prevent heart disease.

Quitting smoking is tough, but they are many people and professionals who are willing to help smokers cut down, quit and live healthier lives. Aside from encouragement,  doctors can help by providing nicotine replacements, such as  patches or gums. But how about E-Cigarettes? Will doctors soon be prescribing those?

It is still too early to say whether E-Cigarettes are helping or hurting, but scientists are starting to release more information that may help guide medical and public opinion. The BBC recently reported the release of a report from The Cochrane Collaboration that finds that E-Cigarettes may help smokers quit smoking or decrease the amount they smoke. 

While this may seem like good news, it still remains to be seen what effect E-Cigarettes are having on teens and non-smokers. Many worry that  they are drawing more unwary users towards the tobacco industry and nicotine addiction. Researchers are starting to study the effects of E-cigarettes and whether they live up to some of the claims made by supporters and by detractors. 

As the medical community, politicians and public grapple to get hold of just what E-Cigarettes will mean for the health of smokers and non-smokers. One thing is clear, stopping smoking is, perhaps, the most important thing you can do for your health.

If you smoke, talk to your doctor about ways they can help you stop smoking. 

Live Heart Healthy,

DocMoyo