Electronic cigarettes do not help give up smoking at all: switching to e-gadgets is just a replacement of one type of tobacco product with another, scientists say.

According to The Daily Mail, a professor at University College London, psychiatrist consultant Adam Winstock claims that switching to vaping is not enough to defeat the nicotine addiction. The specialist is sure that the users of e-cigarettes need exactly the same support as smokers who are provided with professional help in public hospitals in England.

Although vaping seems to be less harmful to health, it is important for smokers to try to completely give up smoking, and not just switch to e-cigarettes.

Many other forms of nicotine replacement therapy are specially designed as a transitional link from cigarettes to a complete rejection of any sources of nicotine.

Moreover, from e-cigarettes people may get even more nicotine than from regular cigarettes. No scientific studies have been conducted yet that would clearly show how much nicotine the average user of e-cigarettes consumes. Dr. Winstock does not rule out that nicotine addiction increases many times, but not decreases in some people who are fond of vaping.