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posted by n1 on Tuesday January 01 2019, @07:19PM   Printer-friendly
from the blowing-smoke dept.

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

Public Health England (PHE) has released a new film showing the devastating harms that come from smoking, and how this can be avoided by switching to an e-cigarette or using another type of quit aid.

The film has been released as part of PHE’s Health Harms campaign, which encourages smokers to attempt to quit this January, by demonstrating the personal harm to health from every single cigarette.

The film features smoking expert Dr Lion Shahab and Dr Rosemary Leonard, visually demonstrating the high levels of cancer-causing chemicals and tar inhaled by an average smoker over a month, compared to not smoking or using an e-cigarette.

The results of the demonstration visually illustrate the stark contrast between the impacts of smoking and vaping. Research estimates that while not risk-free, vaping is at least 95% less harmful than smoking.

Around 2.5 million adults are using e-cigarettes in England, and they have helped thousands of people successfully quit – but many smokers (44%) either believe that vaping is as harmful as smoking (22%) or don’t know that vaping poses much lower risks to health (22%).

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 01 2019, @09:19PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 01 2019, @09:19PM (#780727)

    Fuck you. I'm a grown adult, and I can use whatever substances I feel like using. GTFO with that puritanical bullshit. Sobriety is nothing special.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 02 2019, @08:11PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 02 2019, @08:11PM (#781151)

    Good! You can pay all your own medical bills as well without state charity. If you can't afford the Doctor then just be sick - you're your own free and independent person, after all! Now and forever, too... when you lose your insurance and/or job and/or retire no Medicare for you! Just be sure to die quickly as we don't want to have to be responsible for either you fucking up your own body nor that of somebody else, please.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 02 2019, @11:27PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 02 2019, @11:27PM (#781240)

      I don't have insurance. Haven't been to a doctor in over a decade.