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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, @10:18PM
You have a very simple view of drugs and addiction. I'm addicted to amphetamines and I know how I could probably quit easily. I'll have withdrawal symptoms, I'll feind in the mornings.
If I don't make a new doctor's appointment in time my prescription will run out and I will do whatever can't be procrastinated just enough that my life keeps going and since the doctor can be put off a week at a time forever it will be maybe a year before I feel like getting around to it. My credit score will sag from carrying balances for money I have. I start exercising less which has all sorts of negative effects on my life. I know this because I've done it several times. I'll hold it together with a bunch of little notes and lists but it's harder. As a matter of fact it's probably as easy as never adjusting my meds. I'll stop refilling naturally whenever my tolerance gets high enough.
I guess that's fine for me, since things bother me less when I'm unmedicated. But it's not fair to anyone who has to depend on me like family or co-workers. I know that it seems that smoking has similar benefits, it may have gotten me through college. Not saying they're great habits but some people are probably at their best with a vape in their pocket.