Conclusion: Motivational interviewing in a scientific setting outperforms traditional advice giving in the treatment of a broad range of behavioural problems and diseases. Large-scale studies are now needed to prove that motivational interviewing can be implemented into daily clinical work in primary and secondary health care.
PubMed 15826439 ↗Cigarettes
People mainly take Cigarettes for anxiety, sleep, focus. Based on 8 first-hand reports and 778 meta-analyses & systematic reviews in the medical literature. Ranked #1437 of 1,974 overall.
Of reports that state an outcome, 0% are positive.
What Cigarettes does, according to users
Of the people who reported each effect, the share who said it got better.
5 more with fewer than 3 reports
What the research says
Systematic reviews and meta-analyses from PubMed, with their published conclusions.
3+ meta-analyses or systematic reviews and 10+ randomized controlled trials in humans. The grade measures how much human research exists — read the conclusions below for what it found.
Conclusion: It provides crucial new knowledge about the efficacy of such interventions in preventing e-cigarette use and improving other outcomes (e.g., tobacco use, knowledge, intentions, attitudes, and mental health) among adolescents and the key characteristics associated with efficacious interventions. Our findings have important practical implications, highlighting future research directions for the development and evaluation of e-cigarette preventive interventions, along with the need to provide support to schools to help them identify and adopt evidence-based programs.
PubMed 39325296 ↗Conclusion: This review highlighted several important cardiovascular impacts of e-cigarette use compared with non-use and cigarette smoking. However, the evidence is still limited and requires future research.
PubMed 40010935 ↗Conclusion: Based on the current analysis, conventional cigarette smoking is the most detrimental to periodontal health among the groups compared in all included studies. This indicates that traditional cigarettes have a more severe impact on periodontal tissues than do e-cigarettes. The data suggest a gradient of risk where nonsmokers have the lowest risk, e-cigarette users have a moderate risk, and cigarette smokers have the highest risk for periodontal health issues.
PubMed 39863518 ↗Dosage people report
As stated by users — not a recommendation. Follow the label or your doctor.
Reported side effects
How often each side effect came up across all reports.
What users say
Verbatim quotes, shortened only — each links to the original discussion.
“Cigarettes are obviously bad”
“I smoked 2 packs a day for years and after I quit I got my lungs tested and they were at 98%”
“A week ago I decided to switch back to cigarettes as an experiment...My sleep last night was probably the best I've gotten in years.”
“I been smoking cigs since I was 18 ... helped so much with anxiety at first ... now it doesn’t really help me with anxiety beyond stopping withdrawl anxiety.”
“cigarettes to have a very calming effect on me”
Top discussions (5)
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