We have another positive study on e-cigarettes to report today. This one indicates that e-cigarettes are less addictive than regular tobacco cigarettes. The study found that e-cigarettedependence rates nearly always dipped below tobacco cigarette dependence rates.It’s the latest in a number of studies that have provided evidence on just how useful e-cigarettes can be. Politicians may be keen to jump on the bandwagon and pass unwantedand unneeded laws against the product but how many times do you hear them mention thepositive studies that have been published? Anyone would think they just wanted to lay theground for e-cigarettes to be taxed in the future, that’s when they will really begin toappreciate e-cigarettes for the help they can do for people (revenue collectors at the top ofthe list).Jonathan Foulds, Ph.D. professor of public health sciences and psychiatry, Penn StateCollege of Medicine said: “'We found that e-cigarettes appear to be less addictive thantobacco cigarettes in a large sample of long-term users.”Why is this the case? Well Foulds believes it is because of the lower average nicotine ratesthat are found in e-cigarettes. Of course critics of the product often fail to mention the factthat the amount of nicotine in an e-cigarette can be varied and there are actually e-cigarettesthat do not contain any nicotine. He added that e-cigarettes are much less toxic than tobaccocigarettes. That, along with the fact they seem to be less addictive are “advantages whenyou’re concerned about health.” He added that they have “the potential to do good and helpa lot of people.”A total of 3,500 e-cigarette smokers who used to smoke regular cigarettes filed out the online questionnaires researchers named the Penn State Cigarette Dependence Index andPenn State Electronic Cigarette Dependence Index, which assessed dependence rates.The findings, which are published in Nicotine & Tobacco Research, also have implicationsfor developing e-cigs for smoking cessation. "We might actually need e-cigarettes that arebetter at delivering nicotine because that's what's more likely to help people quit," Fouldssaid.So e-cigarettes are less addictive than tobacco cigarettes and contain less toxins. They alsohelp people give up smoking tobacco cigarettes but still politicians and health officials wantto make life difficult for the industry. How many more positive studies will have to bepublished before this situation can change?