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01-03-2016 | Original Article

Electronic cigarette use in France in 2014

Authors: Raphaël Andler, Romain Guignard, Jean-Louis Wilquin, François Beck, Jean-Baptiste Richard, Viêt Nguyen-Thanh

Published in: International Journal of Public Health | Issue 2/2016

Abstract

Objectives

The aim of this study was to investigate electronic cigarette use in France with a special focus on its relationship with tobacco smoking.

Methods

The 2014 Health Barometer is a telephone survey of 15,635 individuals which provides a status update regarding electronic cigarettes use in France.

Results

In 2014, 25.7 % of 15–75-year-olds had tried e-cigarettes. Among these, 23.4 % were current vapers (6.0 % of 15–75-year-olds). Among vapers, about half were daily vapers (2.9 % of 15-75-year-olds). Smoking prevalence was high among those who vape: 83.1 % were smokers (74.7 % were daily smokers) and 15.0 % were former smokers. Four out of five vapers considered that they had reduced their cigarette consumption through e-cigarette use. Vaping ex-smokers represented 0.9 % of 15–75-year-olds, which are approximately 400,000 people. This figure represents an initial estimate of the number of smokers who have successfully stopped smoking, at least temporarily, thanks to e-cigarettes.

Conclusions

E-cigarettes in France were on the whole used by smokers. The e-cigarette could have helped several hundreds of thousands of individuals to quit smoking, at least temporarily.

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Title: Electronic cigarette use in France in 2014
Authors: Raphaël Andler
Romain Guignard
Jean-Louis Wilquin
François Beck
Jean-Baptiste Richard
Viêt Nguyen-Thanh
Publication date: 01-03-2016
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Published in: International Journal of Public Health / Issue 2/2016
Print ISSN: 1661-8556
Electronic ISSN: 1661-8564
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-015-0773-9

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Electronic cigarette use in France in 2014

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