A study carried out by the British shows that the e-cigarette is less harmful than tobacco. It should therefore be recommended to smokers wishing to quit smoking.
E-cigarettes are 95% less harmful to health than cigarettes, and their use can help smokers quit smoking, reveals study British commission ordered by the health authorities of the United Kingdom.
Since the launch of the electronic cigarette, the risks associated with its use have generated many controversies. Potentially carcinogenic for some, harmless for others, difficult to see clearly.
With this work, the health authorities wish to clarify the situation. If they recognize that the quality of e-liquids still raises some questions, they assure that vaping is less risky than cigarettes since there is no combustion and that the toxic substances of tobacco are absent from electronic cigarettes.
Encourage its use by smokers
“The e-cigarette is not completely risk-free, but compared to tobacco, the data show that it is only a fraction of the harmfulness,” says Prof. Kevin Fenton, of Public Health England and co- author of these works.
The problem, however, is that people increasingly believe that vaping is as dangerous as cigarettes, and this prevents millions of smokers from quitting. Health services should encourage e-cigarette users who are trying to quit smoking ”.
According to researchers, almost all of Britain’s 2.6 million e-cigarette users are smokers or ex-smokers. For many of them, this tool is a way to quit smoking, leading UK experts to say that vaping can be an effective way to quit smoking.
In addition, these data indicate that only 2% of non-smoking adolescents and young adults regularly use e-cigarettes. The authors then refute the idea that the use of electronic cigarettes in adolescence could constitute a gateway to smoking despite the lack of perspective to analyze the consequences of vaping.
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