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Research Estimates Vaping is At Least 95% Less Harmful than Smoking

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

"exec" writes:

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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• Re:I've been vaping for 7 yearsRe:I've been vaping for 7 years (Score: 5, Informative) by dwilson on Wednesday January 02 2019, @02:37AM (1 child)

  by dwilson (2599) on Wednesday January 02 2019, @02:37AM (#780846) Journal

  Why do so many of you macho men use "pussy" as an insult?

  Because they're ignorant and don't realise that it's derived from pusillanimous [wiktionary.org]. How and why 'pussy' also became slang for 'vagina' is a discussion for another time.

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• Re:I've been vaping for 7 years(Score: 4, Insightful) by GeminiDomino on Wednesday January 02 2019, @05:40AM

  by GeminiDomino (661) on Wednesday January 02 2019, @05:40AM (#780902)

  How and why 'pussy' also became slang for 'vagina' is a discussion for another time.

  Too bad. The etymology discussion is bound to be more interested than yet more tiresome gender-baiting.

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