EXCLUSIVE: Vaping vs smoking - from 'popcorn lung' to cancer and heart attacks, which is really better?
February 13, 2024 by mirror.co.uk
EXCLUSIVE: Vaping vs smoking - from 'popcorn lung' to cancer and heart attacks, which is really better?
Smoking is the country's number one preventable killer, and millions have been ditching cigarettes for vapes. But more than 6.6million Brits continue to puff on the deadly sticks each day, in spite of a review by Public Health England that estimated e-cigarettes are 95 per cent less harmful than tobacco cigarettes. Nevertheless, the battery-powered cigs, also known as vapes, have been booming in popularity and many have managed to kick the pernicious habit because of them. The very same 2015 review found that almost all of the 2.6m adults using vapes in Great Britain were current or ex-smokers.
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
