E-cigs help French quit smoking

Some 1.5 million Frenchmen and -women use e-cigarettes on a daily basis, according to France’s 2014 Health Barometer, a survey of 15,635 people aged 15-75.

About 400,000 smokers nationwide have quit smoking with the help of e-cigarettes, according to the study, and 80 percent of current smokers who also use e-cigarettes have cut their daily cigarette consumption by an average of 8.9 pieces.

The results of the study were published in the International Journal of Public Health.