Claim that vaping is as dangerous as smoking ‘undermines NHS campaign’
August 03, 2023 by thetimes.co.uk
Claim that vaping is as dangerous as smoking ‘undermines NHS campaign’
Health concerns about vaping mean four in ten smokers wrongly think e-cigarettes are as harmful as tobacco. The pressure group Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) said the belief was undermining a government campaign to encourage a million smokers to switch to e-cigarettes. The charity’s annual survey of 12,200 adults found that 12.7 per cent smoked tobacco, while a record 9.1 per cent vaped. But the report said that warnings from doctors about a dangerous rise in youth vaping had meant that rising numbers of smokers were reluctant to switch to e-cigarettes.
12.90% of the adult population are current smokers. There are approximately 7.2 million current smokers in United Kingdom 14.60% of men are current smokers but only 11.20% of women.
SOURCE: GSTHR
