New research shows vaping is associated with highest odds of smoking cessation

Sarah E. Jackson, Jamie Brown, Vera Buss, Lion Shahab

Research from a University College of London study of 25,094 participants has found that "e-cigarettes were both the most commonly used cessation aid (used in 40.2% of quit attempts in 2023-2024) and associated with the highest odds of successful cessation."

By contrast 49% of participants who relied on willpower alone or nicotine replacement therapy products (gum and patches) were found to greatly reduce their chances of success.

Researchers calculated the population-level impact score for each stop smoking aid with scores suggesting that e-cigarettes 'had by far the greatest impact on smoking cessation at the population level (impact score, 38.20)' By comparison,  prescription NRT was found to have an impact score of just 1.49.

This indicates smoking intervention through e-cigarettes delivers significant economic, social and health-related benefits compared to prescription NRT.