There have been plenty of reasons recently for the e-cigarette industry to celebrate. Whilebandwagon jumping politicians and scare mongering health officials try to make life difficult,there have been several studies that show the industry in a very good light.Another one we can report comes from the University of Massachusetts which concludedthat daily use of electronic cigarettes for at least one month is strongly associated withquitting smoking at follow upThe new study from the Center for Survey Research shows smokers who used e-cigarettesdaily for at least a month were six times as likely to quit smoking forever. That’s compared tothose who have rarely or never tried one.“This study provides strong support for the potential harm-reducing value of electroniccigarettes, which allow smokers to get the nicotine they want without exposing themselves tothe 4,000 toxic chemicals in tobacco cigarettes,” said Lois Biener, the study’s lead author.The research was supported with funding from the U.S. National Cancer Institute.Now isn’t this great news? Well of course it is but here’s something just as important thatneeds to happen. Next time your county tries to impose restrictions on e-cigarettes, look ifthey’re mentioning the positive studies that we’ve told you about this week. If they don’t, thenthe simple question is why not? That’s the problem you see, critics will quickly adopt anynegative comments but forget to mention the positive ones.Back to this important study which is the first to follow a representative sample of smokersover the course of three years. The authors discovered that two out of three smokers hadtried e-cigarettes and one in five were “intensive users.” That means they’ve used e-cigarettes daily for a month or more.A total of 695 smokers in Dallas/Fort Worth and Indianapolis were followed over the threeyear period. By the end of that time period, 13% had quit smoking altogether. Whenconsidering gender, race, and other differences among smokers, the intensive users weresix times as likely to have quit as nonusers and those who had tried the product once ortwice.This report differs from others because previous studies that concluded there was norelationship between vaping and smoking cessation didn’t group respondents by frequencyof use. It also points a way forward because further research is required to find out whysome smokers use e-cigarettes intensively and some don’t. In this way it’ll be possible tobetter understand how to maximize effectiveness for cessation.All very interesting indeed but the best quote comes from Lois Beiner and is somethingevery politician ready to enact laws against e-cigarettes should read and take note of. Shewrites: “Policy makers need to think carefully before enacting any laws that make adultsmokers less likely to try these products, such as taxing e-cigarettes or eliminating flavors.”That really makes sense because now we have yet more evidence that shows just howimportant e-cigarettes are going to be for smokers desperate to give up their habit. Why goround making life difficult for a product that can stop people smoking and improve theirhealth? It really doesn’t make sense, just like the next politician who goes round sayingthere’s no evidence about how useful e-cigarettes can be.