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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
David Firth

Most smokers don't know that vaping is less harmful for their health

Vaping doesn’t always get a good report. But research has found that using vaping ­products rather than smoking ­substantially reduces exposure to toxic chemicals that promote cancer, lung disease and heart problems.

The study from King’s College London is the most comprehensive review of the risks of vaping to date. It concludes that, while vaping is not risk free (particularly for people who’ve never smoked), it poses only a small fraction of the health risks of smoking in the short to medium term.

The report looked at many aspects of vaping, including who vapes and what they vape, how vaping affects health and how people view vaping.

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