Reacción a "Reactions to a study on the use of e-cigarettes for smoking cessation"

This study adds to the growing number of high-quality trials showing that e-cigarettes are an effective smoking cessation aid, nearly doubling cessation rates compared with existing treatment. Crucially, this is the first study of its kind in Central Europe, confirming that this effect is observed across different context and in countries with different policy environments. This study also provides further insights into the safety profile of e-cigarette use for smoking cessation. Despite the fact that the control intervention was standard-of-care smoking cessation counselling with very little use of e-cigarettes or nicotine replacement therapy at six month follow-up, compared with half of intervention participants still using e-cigarettes, no differences in respiratory symptoms were observed between the intervention and control group.