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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Science
Ian Sample Science editor

Majority of UK smokers wrongly believe vaping is as harmful as cigarettes, experts find

A closeup of a person vaping
One driver of the distrust of the practice is studies finding potential risks in vaping without mentioning the greater harms caused by smoking. Photograph: Nicholas.T Ansell/PA

More than half of adult smokers in the UK wrongly believe that vaping is as harmful or more harmful than cigarettes, making them less likely to switch to vapes and quit the deadly habit, research has found.

Evidence from scientific studies shows that, while vaping is not risk-free, it is far less harmful than smoking tobacco, which produces thousands of chemicals, including toxic metals, poisonous gases and substances that cause cancer.

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