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 that there were 18,000 more long-term ex-smokers in England in 2015 alone thanks to e-cigarettes.

What Does Research Say?

Research shows nicotine vapor liquids can help people quit smoking and may be more effective than nicotine-replacement therapy. In studies testing e-cigarettes as a way to quit smoking, there was no evidence that people using e-cigarettes were more likely to experience serious health issues. 

Also, e-cigarettes are thought to pose fewer risks to bystanders while secondhand smoke from cigarettes kills around 1.2 million people a year.

E-cigarettes haven’t been around for long, so they’re very unlikely to be completely harmless, and there is still uncertainty about their longer-term effects.

The liquid and vapor used in e-cigarettes sold by vapor shops online contain some potentially harmful chemicals also found in cigarette smoke, but at lower levels. In addition, there are concerns about the effect of nicotine on adolescent brain development. 

There are also worries that e-cigarettes from even the most genuine Sydney vapor shop could be another pathway to nicotine addiction especially if people who would never have started smoking begin vaping.

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