The results of the new study demonstrate that the use of electronic cigarettes does not help to quit smoking and increases the likelihood of smoking among adolescents.

"Electronic cigarettes are likely to do more harm than good for public health unless it is possible to find ways to significantly reduce the number of adolescents and young people who use cigarettes to stop smoking cigarettes," said researcher Samir Soneji, in a press release from the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, USA.

Soneji and his research team analyzed data and published in the US study evaluating the benefits and harms of electronic cigarettes. The results of their analysis they published in the magazine "PLoS One".

"The tobacco industry sells electronic cigarettes as a tool to help adults quit smoking. However, their use actually only slightly increases the number of adult smokers who can successfully quit the addiction, "C. Soneji.

The researchers calculated that electronic cigarettes can lead to the loss of more than 1.5 million years of life, since their use can significantly increase the number of adolescents and young people who eventually become cigarette smokers.

Scientists call for limiting the use of electronic cigarettes by teenagers and reducing the number of carcinogenic additives in fluids for them.

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