@article{Caponnetto_Russo_Bruno_Alamo_Amaradio_Polosa_2015, title={Electronic cigarette: a possible substitute for cigarette dependence}, volume={79}, url={https://www.monaldi-archives.org/macd/article/view/104}, DOI={10.4081/monaldi.2013.104}, abstractNote={Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of premature mortality in western countries and it is important for smokers to stop as early as possible. Electronic cigarettes are a popular phenomenon of global proportion. Recent uncontrolled studies, reported that a certain number of smokers have quit using electronic cigarettes. This could hint a role for electronic cigarettes to be used for smoking cessation, and therefore merits further evaluation for this purpose. Besides vaporising nicotine to be inhaled, electronic cigarettes may also provide a coping mechanism for conditioned smoking cues by replacing some of the rituals associated with smoking gestures, and for these reasons cigarette could become a tool – if studied more extensively – in the fight against tobacco-related morbidity and mortality.}, number={1}, journal={Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease}, author={Caponnetto, P. and Russo, C. and Bruno, C.M. and Alamo, A. and Amaradio, M.D. and Polosa, R.}, year={2015}, month={Nov.} }