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Vaping and smoking cessation with Vassilis Sideropoulos

Thursday 24th August 2023

Vassilis Sideropoulos discusses how tailored vaping advice and text support can help quit smoking in this insightful episode of Addiction Audio.
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Vaping's Role in Quitting Smoking: Insights from Vassilis Sideropoulos

Episode Overview

  • Vaping products, particularly tailored flavour advice and text messaging support, show promising effectiveness in aiding smoking cessation.
  • The study highlights the significance of tailored advice on device type, nicotine strength, e-liquid flavours, relative harm information, and texting support for successful smoking cessation.
  • Implications of the research emphasize the need to integrate text messaging support and tailored flavour advice into smoking cessation practices.
  • The research team's findings open new avenues for future studies and trials in the realm of smoking cessation support.
  • Vasilis Sideropoulos and his team are set to unveil more insights through forthcoming papers, diving deeper into identity, co-production, and the effectiveness of text messaging support and tailored flavour advice.
Flavor and texting when they interact actually lead to better outcomes for smoking cessation compared to any of the other components. It's something new and something interesting, and obviously it needs more research to be done on that.
Ever wondered how vaping might help you or someone you know quit smoking? In this episode of Addiction Audio, Dr. Rob Calder chats with Vassilis Sideropoulos about a fascinating study on the effectiveness of vaping products in smoking cessation. Vassilis shares insights from their research, which digs into the various components that make vaping a viable tool for quitting smoking.
From choosing the right device and nicotine strength to picking e-liquid flavours and receiving text message support, the study highlights how tailored advice can make a significant difference. Vassilis also touches on the relative harms of vaping versus smoking and the challenges of recruiting genuine participants for such studies. Whether you're a researcher, clinician, or someone looking for ways to quit smoking, this episode offers valuable information and practical tips that could make your journey a bit easier.