title: Electronic cigarette: a possible substitute for cigarette dependence.
abstract: Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of premature mortality in western countries and it is important for smokers to stop as early as possible. Electronic cigarettes are a popular phenomenon of global proportion. Recent uncontrolled studies, reported that a certain number of smokers have quit using electronic cigarettes. This could hint a role for electronic cigarettes to be used for smoking cessation, and therefore merits further evaluation for this purpose. Besides vaporising nicotine to be inhaled, electronic cigarettes may also provide a coping mechanism for conditioned smoking cues by replacing some of the rituals associated with smoking gestures, and for these reasons cigarette could become a tool--if studied more extensively--in the fight against tobacco-related morbidity and mortality.
authors.affiliation: Centro per Ia Prevenzione e Cura del Tabagismo (CPCT), Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria "Policlinico V. Emanuele", Universitā di Catania, Catania, Italy.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Caponnetto
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Russo
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Bruno
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alamo
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Amaradio
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Polosa
mesh_terms: D016503:Drug Delivery Systems / Q000295:instrumentation; D055615:Electrical Equipment and Supplies; D006801:Humans; D009538:Nicotine / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods*; D061485:Tobacco Use Cessation Devices / Q000009:adverse effects
chemical_list: D009538:Nicotine