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Frankreich konnte keinen Gateway-Effekt bezüglich Dampfen und Tabakkonsum nachweisen (07.08.2017)

Am 07. August 2017 haben die Forscher Shérazade Kinouani, Edwige Pereira und Christophe Tzourio die Studie Electronic Cigarette Use in Students and Its Relation with Tobacco-Smoking: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the i-Share Study veröffentlicht. In dieser wird für Frankreich festgestellt, dass die meisten E-Zigaretten-Nutzer von der Pyro kamen. Einen sogenannten Gateway-Effekt konnten sie nicht feststellen. Aufgrund der gemeinsamen EU-weiten Regelungen sehe ich hier einen Vergleich für Deutschland durchaus als sinnvoll. 

5. Conclusions

The present findings suggest that the relationship between e-cigarette use and tobacco-smoking is complex among French-speaking students. Many students had tried an e-cigarette out of curiosity but did not continue using them. E-cigarette experimenters and current users were mainly former and current smokers. Smokers who currently used e-cigarettes (dual users) were often motivated to quit smoking and had tried to stop previously more often than had never or former e-cigarette users. These data were consistent with the possibility that e-cigarettes might be used as smoking cessation or reduction aids by young smokers. Nevertheless, a causality link was not found between the e-cigarette use and smoking cessation in our cross-sectional analyses. Additional longitudinal studies are needed to be able to determine the characteristics of young smokers who want to stop smoking and who would benefit from e-cigarette use as a stopgap measure. Two subgroups should have attention in further studies: young pregnant women who regularly use e-cigarettes and young continuous dual-users.
Very few never-smokers occasionally used e-cigarettes, sometimes by inhaling e-liquids with nicotine. There is also a need to understand the factors predicting the onset of tobacco-smoking in young adults who do not smoke but regularly use e-cigarettes. In the meantime, e-cigarettes should be not recommended for never-smokers.

Shérazade Kinouani, Edwige Pereira und Christophe Tzourio