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E-cigarettes can help people to quit tobacco, new study finds
Cancer Research UK finds E-Cigarettes can help smokers quit tobacco, but warns vaping is ‘not risk free’
Clearing up some myths around e-cigarettes
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Despite the sometimes confused, and confusing, media reporting around the safety of e-cigarettes, there is growing consensus around the evidence. While not without some risk, when compared to smoking e-cigarettes are far less harmful.
E-Cigarettes are definitely safer than smoking
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Although not harmless, the evidence is unequivocal that vaping is much safer than smoking. But misinformation and scaremongering could still be putting people off switching.
NHS Health Scotland: E-cigs 'definitely' less harmful than smoking
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The consensus statement, published by Scotland's national health education and promotion agency, was agreed by the Scottish government, health boards, academia and charities such as the British Lung Foundation and Cancer Research UK.
Vaping is safer than smoking cigarettes according to long term study
A new study funded by Cancer Research UK is the first to explore the effects of e-cigarettes by looking at long-term human body-level exposure. The results are promising.