How are tobacco smokers using e‐cigarettes? Patterns of use, reasons for use and places of purchase in New South Wales

Second, the study found that smokers are using e-cigarettes principally to quit and to reduce the harm from tobacco and this should be encouraged. Standard smoking cessation therapies have relatively low compliance and success rates and many smokers remain unable to quit smoking in spite of repeated attempts. Evidence from England shows that the availability of e-cigarettes has led to a substantial increase in the number of long term quitters who otherwise would not have quit.