Electronic Cigarette: Who are the vapoteurs?

No less than 23 million Europeans - including 1.5 million French - have already tested the electronic cigarette, according to the Eurobarometer . Yet this social phenomenon is still poorly understood. This is the observation that stands the National Institute for Prevention and Health Education ( INPES) .

To fill this gap , so it has launched the first major national study on this issue : 15 000 people aged 15 to 75 will be interviewed. Business purpose : to estimate more accurately the number of users of electronic cigarettes (the " vapoteurs ") in France, but also the characteristics of such use, such as frequency of use , duration of use , nicotine , places of use , purchase ... " The reasons for use, including the connection with the cessation or reduction of tobacco will also be analyzed ," says INPE . The results of this investigation will last until the second quarter of 2014 will be released in the third quarter 2014.electronic vapor cigarette


Last November , a study in the Czech Republic , published in the medical journal Chest still gave guidance on the profile of the people who have temporarily or permanently abandoned tobacco.

Regular vapoteurs have 34 years
The study was conducted in the Czech Republic, where electronic cigarettes are available in tobacco shops , specialty stores and online. The lead author of the study Peter Hajek, UK Centre for Tobacco and alcohol at Queen Mary University of London, 1738 Czechs asked about their use of tobacco and e- cigarettes. Participants were simply selected output offices or tobacco when smoked in the street.
Finally, testers e- cigarettes are generally younger than those who have not tried it (31 years on average) . But regular users of electronic cigarettes tend to be slightly older than those who just tested (34 years on average) . The vapoteurs are also more likely to be male .

Reduce their consumption
The primary motivation is to reduce the consumption of conventional cigarettes (39.5 %). Second, recognize themselves vapoteurs metttre product for use in areas where the smoking ban is in force (28.3 %). Finally , the desire to stop smoking concerns 27 % of them. On this last point , the scientists point out that 60 % of regular users of electronic cigarettes have reduced their tobacco consumption , on average, about 10 cigarettes per day.vaporizer cigarettes for sale

To try it is to adopt
In addition, after the British researchers, nearly 20% of those who have tried electronic cigarettes have become regular users. A "remarkably high" rate of adoption , noted Peter Hajek . And the latter to add that " this finding shows that most regular vapoteurs have used several times a day every month.
And e- cigarettes are not just a fad that could disappear. "The product is visibly becoming a real alternative to conventional cigarettes ," the researchers note
On this point , an international organization specializing in respiratory diseases, recently expressed concern about the risk of nicotine dependence , particularly for young people .


Finally, after the first controlled trial in New Zealand and released in early September, the e-cigarette is a tool for smoking cessation at least as effective as nicotine patches ! On this last point against the London team says his doubts. For these scientists, "it is less certain that e-cigarettes really help smokers quit smoking. "