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{{Main|Positions of medical organizations on electronic cigarettes}}
Smokers will get the maximum health benefit if they completely quit all nicotine use.<ref name=WHOPosition2014/> The second-best option for smokers is to switch to approved, regulated nicotine replacement therapy. According to some medical organizations, particularly British ones, e-cigarettes are a reasonable third-best alternative for those who smoke, are unable to quit, and unwilling to switch to conventional NRT.<ref name="McNeill201515" /><ref name="ncsct.co.uk">{{cite web|last1=National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training|title=Electronic cigarettes: A briefing for stop smoking services|url=http://www.ncsct.co.uk/publication_electronic_cigarette_briefing.php|publisher=ncsct.co.uk|accessdate=2 March 2016}}</ref> Other medical organizations, primarily in the US, feel there is insufficient evidence to recommend this.<ref name="WHOPosition2014" /><ref name="Schraufnage2014" /><ref name=USFDA>{{cite web |title=Electronic Cigarettes (e-Cigarettes) |url=http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/PublicHealthFocus/ucm172906.htm |publisher=US Food and Drug Administration |accessdate=6 November 2014}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite web|last1=Framework Convention Alliance on Tobacco Control|title=FCA Policy briefing Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems|url=http://www.fctc.org/images/stories/policy_brief.pdf|publisher=fctc.org|accessdate=2 March 2016}}</ref>
===Smoking cessation===
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