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Chart 1: How Long Have People Been Using Electronic Cigarettes?
Survey asked:
How long have you been using electronic cigarettes:
Obviously, the less time you have been vaping the less likely it is to have any effect on your health. It`s interesting, though, that nearly 40% of those surveyed have been vaping for more than a year. That’s very different from the survey we carried out with the University of Alberta in 2009, when most vapers had only been using electronic cigarettes for a short period of time.Do you want to know more about ecigs common sense or vaping news, come to Cacuq forum.
Chart 2: Change In Smoking Habits After Switching To Ecigs.
Survey asked:
Which of the following is true:
Although the survey is focussed on health improvements, it’s heartening to see only 4 people claimed they smoked more after switching to e-cigs. I was surprised, though, to see 17 people who hadn’t smoked before starting to use e-cigarettes.
Chart 3: Vaping v. Smoking
Do you:
This question is important, because we need to see if any health improvements are greater among people who only use electronic cigarettes. (I am going to leave the cross analysis to Dr Farsalinos, though!) Again, it’s not the focus of the survey, but it`s good to see that 77% have stopped using tobacco cigarettes entirely, and 15% only have the occasional cigarette.
Chart 4 Smoker`s Cough After Switching
If you had a recurring cough before switching to electronic cigarettes:
The results were clear: almost two thirds (63.9%) felt that their smoker`s cough was better after switching to ecigarettes. Less than 3.4% felt that the cough was worse or unchanged.
Chart 5: Ability to Exercise After Switching To Vaping
Has your ability to exercise:
Great news if you like sport – 72.9% of vapers reported an improved ability to exercise after switching.
Chart 6: Ability to Do Strenuous Jobs After Switching to Vaping
Has your ability to do strenuous jobs (e.g. gardening, lifting, housework e.t.c.):
Of course, some people don’t exercise – but nearly all of us have to do housework. So we wanted to know how vapers’ ability to do tiring jobs had changed. Over 66% of vapers had experienced an improvement in ability to do strenuous jobs, although this did not match the number of people who reported an improvement in the ability to exercise.
Chart 7: Lung Capacity After Switching to Electronic Cigarettes
If you are aware of your lung capacity, has it:
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The aim of the survey was to work out what the effect of electronic cigarettes on the lungs were, so this was the most important question! The results were amazing – over 70% reported an improvement in lung capacity.
Chart 8: Were Changes in Lung Capacity Confirmed by a Doctor?
Have changes in lung capacity been confirmed by a doctor:
Assessing your change in lung capacity is a more subjective question than most of the questions here. But from conversations with vapers I know some have had their lung capacity measured, usually because of existing health problems. 22.2% vapers told us that changes in lung capacity had been confirmed by a doctor, which I hope will be useful when assessing the validity of the results. (Fewer people answered this question, as we used skip logic so that people who had answered not applicable to question eight jumped to the end of the survey.)
