Vaping is not a gateway to smoking, study shows

September 22, 2023 by thetimes.co.uk

Vaping is not a gateway to smoking, study shows

Vaping does not act as a gateway into smoking, the most comprehensive study carried out suggests. Researchers at Queen Mary University of London said there was “tentative” evidence that products such as e-cigarettes might be speeding up the demise of smoking. Professor Peter Hajek, director of the Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine’s Tobacco Dependence Research Unit at Queen Mary University of London, said: “The results of this study alleviate the concern that access to e-cigarettes and other low-risk nicotine products promote smoking.


September 22, 2023 by uottawa.ca

E-cigarettes are not a gateway into smoking: global study

The National Institute of Health Research (UK) study also found some evidence that these products c…


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

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