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Vaping Could Help Prevent Ex-Smokers Piling on the Pounds, Research Suggests

As reported by The Guardian, a new study suggests that nicotine-containing e-cigarettes could help prevent weight gain — a major concern of people wanting to quit smoking regular cigarettes. Called “vaping,” the ideal way of doing this would be to gradually reduce the amount of nicotine in the e-cigarettes until they can quit altogether, study authors said. Sweet and fruit-flavored e-liquids may also help vaping smokers to eat less, they added. While the authors cautioned...