Have a Plan If Inpatients Are Using E-Cigs to Quit Smoking
November 2026
Inpatients and families will have questions about using e-cigarettes (or “vapes”) to help quit smoking based on emerging data.
“E-cigs” expose users to lower levels of carcinogens and toxins than cigarette smoking. And most smoking-related diseases are not from the nicotine itself...they’re from tobacco combustion byproducts.
Now we have some evidence that e-cigs containing nicotine might increase cigarette quit rates in about 4 more patients per 100...compared to nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) with patches, gum, etc.
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