UK health authorities: e-cigarettes are about 95% less harmful than tobacco

The UK Department of Public Health (PHE) has published independent expert evidence that concluded that e-cigarettes are much less harmful to health than tobacco.

The main findings of the review are as follows:

The harm of e-cigarettes is expected to be 95% lower than that of tobacco;

44.8% of the population are not aware that e-cigarettes are less harmful than smoking;

There is currently no evidence that e-cigarettes cause children or non-smokers to smoke.?

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The review found that almost all of the 2.6 million people currently using e-cigarettes are former smokers, and most of them are using e-cigarettes to quit smoking.

Adults and young people who have never smoked are less than 1% likely to become e-cigarette users.

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Because of e-cigarettes, smoking cessation rates have begun to rise rapidly. This landmark evaluation also received positive responses from local smoking cessation agencies.

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Professor Kevin Fenton, Director of Public Health Health and Welfare England, said: #p#pagination title #e#

Smoking remains the number one killer in England. E-cigarettes are not completely risk-free, but compared to smoking, they cause extremely weak harm, but they may cause millions of smokers to quit smoking.

Professor Ann McNeill of King's College London said:

Not only has e-cigarettes not increased smoking rates in England, they are a tool to quit smoking. In my opinion, smokers should try e-cigarettes, and vaper slowly reduce nicotine intake until they completely quit smoking.

E-cigarettes may change the public health landscape, especially by reducing the huge health inequalities caused by smoking.

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Professor Peter Hajek, Queen Mary University of London, said:

My interpretation of the evidence is that smokers who switch to e-cigarettes significantly reduce all health risks posed by smoking.

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Professor Linda Bauld, a cancer prevention expert at Cancer Research UK, said:

This review tells us that there is no need to worry about e-cigarettes normalizing smoking again, because they and cigarettes are two completely different things.

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e-cigarettesAs the most effective way to keep people away from tobacco in addition to free smoking cessation services, Cancer Research UK is funding more research to address the problems surrounding e-cigarettes.

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Lisa Surtees, acting director of Fresh Smoke Free North East, said:

localallSmoking cessation service areas will become e-cigarette friendly areas,The use of e-cigarettes is actively welcomed as part of an attempt to quit smoking.We are open to using e-cigarettes because we can see huge potential health benefits.

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Attach a test on the difference between e-cigarettes and cigarettes

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The experimenter prepared two bottles of purified water, connected hoses into the bottles and sealed them.

Then connect them to the other end of the hoseFor the two types of cigarettes, there was not much difference between the two cups of water at the beginning. Before long, the cup of water poured into the cigarette began to turn turbid, the hose became dirty, and the wall of the cup was covered with dirt.

On the other hand, the water connected to e-cigarettes has basically remained unchanged. This shows that e-cigarettes do not produce tar.?# p#pagination title #e#

?The above authoritative research and tests are enough to prove the importance of e-cigarettes in quitting smoking.

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