Scientists have raised the alarm after studies carried out by the Francis Crick Institute suggest a new wave of cancer caused by vaping could happen in around 10 years’ time.
The study was originally looking into why an average of one in eight patients diagnosed with lung cancer in the UK do not smoke, according to The Independent.
Although smoking remains one of the leading causes of the disease, Professor Charles Swanton, a clinical scientist at the FCI and chief clinician at Cancer Research UK, said: “I don’t think we can say vaping is necessarily a safe option to quit smoking.