title: Electronic cigarette use in France in 2014.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  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.
authors.affiliation: Inpes (Institut national de prévention et d'éducation pour la santé), 42 Boulevard de la Libération, 93203, Saint-Denis cedex, France. raphael.andler@inpes.sante.fr.
authors.forename: Raphaël
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Andler
authors.affiliation: Inpes (Institut national de prévention et d'éducation pour la santé), 42 Boulevard de la Libération, 93203, Saint-Denis cedex, France.
authors.forename: Romain
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Guignard
authors.affiliation: Inpes (Institut national de prévention et d'éducation pour la santé), 42 Boulevard de la Libération, 93203, Saint-Denis cedex, France.
authors.forename: Jean-Louis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Wilquin
authors.affiliation: OFDT (Observatoire français des drogues et toxicomanies), 3 Avenue du Stade de France, 93200, Saint-Denis, France.|ERES, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis, d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique (IPLESP UMRS 1136), 75012, Paris, France.
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Beck
authors.affiliation: Inpes (Institut national de prévention et d'éducation pour la santé), 42 Boulevard de la Libération, 93203, Saint-Denis cedex, France.
authors.forename: Jean-Baptiste
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Richard
authors.affiliation: Inpes (Institut national de prévention et d'éducation pour la santé), 42 Boulevard de la Libération, 93203, Saint-Denis cedex, France.
authors.forename: Viêt
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Nguyen-Thanh
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D066300:Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Cessation; Dual use; Electronic cigarette; Smoking; e-cigarette