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The degree of relative safety of the same amount of use of electronic versus conventional cigarettes is disputed. 2015 [51] and 2018 Public Health England (PHE) reports claimed that vaping is "at least 95% less harmful than smoking", while pointing out that this does not mean vaping is safe. [52]
In 2014, the Ministry of Health of New Zealand has reviewed the evidence around e-cigarettes and has stated, "The long-term health risks associated with vaping products are still unknown but evidence suggests that they are much lower than the risks associated with tobacco smoking. As such it is expected that health risks will reduce ...
However, England's Office for Health Improvement and Disparities have concluded that, in the short and medium term, vaping poses a small fraction of the risks of smoking. And that, while vaping is not risk-free, particularly for people who have never smoked there is significantly lower exposure to harmful substances from vaping compared with ...
Compared with the nonsmokers and cigarette smokers, the people who used vapes with nicotine had the most significant reduction in vascular function. The group with the next greatest change was ...
A new study indicates that people who have used a vape at any point in their lives are 19% more likely to experience heart failure compared to people who have never used them.
Between 2013 and 2016, the number of people who quit smoking was virtually identical among both e-cigarette users and traditional smokers: 15.5% of e-cigarette users quit and 15.6% of smokers quit ...
However, an association between vaping and subsequent smoking does not necessarily imply a causal gateway effect. [70] Instead, people may have underlying characteristics that predispose them to both activities. [71] [72] There is a genetic association between smoking, vaping, gambling, promiscuity and other risk-taking behaviors. [73]
Contrary to what many young adults believe, vaping is not "healthier" or "better for you" than lighting up a cigarette, experts warn. "Vaping is smoking and smoking is vaping," said Dr. Iyaad ...