A NEWLY updated Cochrane review – widely considered as the benchmark for evidence-based healthcare – has added to growing evidence that using e-cigarettes with nicotine – like vape – can help smokers kick the habit.

The 2021 Cochrane review on electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation which includes 61 studies involving 16,759 adults in 14 countries across five continents found that e-cigarettes with nicotine e-liquid are more effective in helping people quit smoking than other alternatives.