Tank e-cig users ‘better for quitting’

Tobacco smokers who also use ‘tank’ e-cigarettes daily are more likely to kick the habit altogether than those who puff on ‘cigalike’ models, a study has found.

Scientists at King’s College London found that, at the one-year follow-up, more than a quarter of daily tank users (28%) had quit smoking compared with 11% of daily cigalike users — fewer than the 13% who quit and who did not use an e-cigarette at all.

They said while cigalikes resemble tobacco cigarettes and are either disposable or use replaceable cartridges, tank models look quite different from cigarettes and have containers that can be refilled with ‘e-liquid’.