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Please note those statistics are for stopping smoking CIGARETTES. While it might seem fair to compare the inhalation of one burning compound to another, it's a false assumption. Ingestion is different, composition is different, and the volume of product consumed is radically different.
For what it's worth, while it's reasonable to assume at least SOME of the negative health consequences associated with cigarette smoking are shared, the science doesn't exist to support that conclusion.