E-cigarettes Rumours About Their Dangers Are Preventing Smokers From Quitting Smoking
The evidence so far shows that vaping is much less harmful than smoking We’ve blogged about some of the research before. But the report highlights a recent study that tried to calculate the difference in cancer risk for smoking and vaping for the first time. Scientists analyzed the chemicals released from tobacco cigarettes and e-cigarettes in Australia and estimated that the lifetime cancer risk for e-cigarette use could be 100 times lower than that of smoking. But determining risk is a tricky thing to do. It’s hard to get accurate figures without long-term studies involving people and so this should be considered an estimate at best. E-cigarettes are helping people to stop smoking The first half of 2017 saw the highest success rates for quitting smoking in England. While we can’t say this is down to e-cigarettes alone, they’re likely to have played a role. According to the report, e-cigarettes may contribute to thousands of smokers quitting each year. It’s estimated...