Vapes more successful than other smoking cessation aids, review shows

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Nicotine e-cigarettes (vapes) are more effective in helping people quit smoking than many conventional methods such as nicotine gums and patches and quitting with behavioural support or no support at all, an updated Cochrane review finds. The review found high-certainty evidence that vapes led to…

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