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EVIDENCE KEEPS PILING UP: E-CIGARETTES ARE DEFINITELY SAFER

The evidence is unequivocal that vaping is much safer than smoking. But misinformation and scaremongering could still be putting people off switching.

E-cigarettes are less harmful than smoking because they don’t contain tobacco. Inhaling burnt tobacco - but also chewing it - is hugely damaging to human health. Remove the tobacco and the combustion and it is hardly surprising that risk is reduced.

Many countries still ban e-cigarettes and using them can result in fines or even imprisonment for vapers or vendors. Yet gradually this is changing. 2017 saw a complete reversal of New Zealand’s position on these devices and their new policies look very similar to those in place in the UK. Canada is also legalising e-cigarettes, although details of the regulatory framework are still being ironed out. These countries are following the research evidence and in time others may follow.

Read more at The Guardian

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