Why to use electronic cigarettes? Actual knowledge for practice

Česká verzia

Authors: D. Hrubá
Authors place of work: Přednostka: prof. MUDr. Zuzana Derflerová Brázdová, DrSc. ; Lékařská fakulta ; Ústav preventivního lékařství ; Masarykova univerzita Brno
Published in the journal: Prakt. Lék. 2012; 92(8): 449-451
Category: Of different specialties

Summary

In the past few years, electronic cigarettes have become increasingly popular. Vaporized nicotine and other additional substances are inhaled by puffing similarly to smoking classic cigarettes. Groups of users advocate e-cigarettes as a safe way of smoking on public places and/or useful support for smoking cessation. E-cigarettes are produced by many small manufactures, usually with poor manufacturing standards. Despite of the absence of complex research, it seems that these products pose no serious immediate risk. Contemporary we know nothing about health consequences of long-term smoking of e-cigarettes. There is also no evidence that e-cigarettes are effective in successful stopping smoking. Before the evaluation of results obtained from well-designed safety and efficacy studies, e-cigarettes cannot be recommended neither for treatment of dependent smokers, nor for smoking on public places.

Key words:
e-cigarettes, smoking on public places, smoking cessation

Zdroje

1. American Legacy Foundation. Tobacco fact sheet. Electronic cigarettes („E-cigarettes“). 2009. Dostupné na www.americanlegacy.org/PDFPublications/ECigarette_0909_temp.pdf.

2. Avdalovic, M.V., Murin, S.: Electronic cigarettes: No such thing as a free lunch ... or puff. Chest, 2012, 141, p. 1371–1372.

3. Borland, R.: Electronic cigarettes as a method of tobacco control. BMJ, 2011, 343, d6269;

doi: 10.1136/bmj.d6269.

4. Cahn, Z., Siegel, M.: Electronic cigarettes as a harm reduction strategy for tobacco control: a step towards or a repeat of past mistakes? J Public Health Policy, 2011, 32(1), p. 16–31.

5. Cardinale, A., Nastrucci, C., Cesario, A., Russo, P.: Nicotine: specific role in angiogenesis, proliferation and apoptosis. Crit Rev Toxicol 2012; 42(1): p. 68–89.

6. Degenhardt, L., Chiu, W.T., Conway, K.: Does the „gateway“ matter? Associations between the order of drug use initiation and the development of drug dependence in the National Comorbidity Study Replication. Psychol Med, 2009, 39(1), p. 157–167.

7. Etter, J. F.: Commentary on Wagener et al. (2012): Electronic cigarettes – the Holy Grall of nicotine replacement? Addiction, 2012, 107(9): p. 1550–1552.

8. Etter, J. F.: Electronic cigarettes: a survey of users. BMC Public Health, 2010, 10, p. 231. 9. Etter, J. F., Bullen, C.: Electronic cigarette: users profile, utilization, satisfaction and percieved efficacy. Addiction, 2011, 106(11), p. 2017–2028.

10. U.S. Food and Drug Administration. FDA acts against 5 electronic cigarette distributors. Sept. 9, 2010. Dostupné na www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/ Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm225224.

11. Hrubá, D.: Riziko kouření v těhotenství se stále podceňuje. Tolerovat kouření v těhotenství je neodborné a neetické. Prakt Gyn, 2011, 15, č. 1, s. 2–7.

12. Králíková, E., Kubátová, S., Trunečková, K., et al.: The electronic cigarette: what proportion of smokers have tried it and how many use it regularly? Addiction, 2012, 107(8), p. 1528–1529.

13. Kuschner, W.G., Reddy, S., Mehrotra, N., Paintal, H.S.: Electronic cigarettes and thirdhand tobacco smoke: two emerging health care challenges for the primary care provider. Int J Gen Med, 2011, 4, p. 115–120.

14. McCauley, L., Markin, C., Hosmer, D.: An unexpected consequence of electronic cigarette use. Chest, 2012, 141, p. 1110–1113.

15. Odum, L.E., O´Dell, K.A., Schepers, J.S.: Electronic cigarettes: Do they have a role in smoking cessation? J Pharm Practice, 2012 Jul 13. [Epub ahead of print]; doi: 10.1177/0897190012451909.

16. Siegel, M.B., Tanwar, K.L., Wood, K.S. Electroinc cigarettes as a smoking-cessation tool – results from an online survey. Am J Prev Med, 2011, 40(4), p. 472–475.

17. Wollscheid, A.K., Kremzner, M.E. Electronic cigarettes: safety concerns and regulatory issues. Am J Health-Syst Pharm, 2009, 66(19), p. 1740–1742.

18. World Health Organization. Marketers of electronic cigarettes should halt unproved therapy claims. Geneva, WHO 2008 Sept. Dostupné na www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2008/pr34/en/index.html.

19. World Health Organization. WHO Study Group on Tobacco products Regulation. Report on the scientific basis of tobacco product regulation: third report of a WHO study group. In: WHO Technical Report Series, Vol 955. Geneva 2009.

20. Francová P.: E-cigarety pomohou odvykat. Lidové noviny 31.10.2007. Dostupné na www.lidovky.cz/e-cigarety-pomohou-odvykat-dd4-/ln_veda.asp?c=A071031_085442_ln_veda_blh.