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Daniel Keane

Half of UK smokers switching to vapes ‘could save NHS more than half a billion a year’

Half of England's adult smokers switching from cigarettes to vapes could save the NHS more than £500 million per year, according to a study.

Researchers at Brunel University London calculated that between 2019 and 2021, 13.6 per cent of people aged 18 and over in England smoked.

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