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Why you could be using the wrong type of E-Cigarette to quit smoking

Makiko Kitamura

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If you're puffing on an e-cigarette to quit smoking, the type of device you use may make a difference.

Almost 28 per cent of people who used refillable "tank" models every day to get their nicotine hit gave up smoking, compared with 11 per cent of those using "cigalikes" that are disposable or use replaceable cartridges, according to a study by addiction scientists at King's College London. Quitting rates for non-daily users of e-cigarettes were lower, though tank aficionados still came out ahead.

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