{"id":186,"date":"2016-04-28T10:24:50","date_gmt":"2016-04-28T10:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=186"},"modified":"2024-12-06T11:02:04","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T11:02:04","slug":"vaping-saved-my-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.electrictobacconist.co.uk\/blog\/vaping-saved-my-life","title":{"rendered":"Vaping Saved My Life [Infographic]"},"content":{"rendered":"

Groundbreaking research out of UCL demonstrates that <\/span>20,000 smokers traded their cigarettes for e-cigarettes<\/span><\/a> in the UK in 2015. It\u2019s predicted that at least the same number again will stop smoking thanks to vaping in 2016. In total, the Office for National Statistics<\/a> has found that 863,000 current vapers are ex-smokers.<\/span>Smoking kills about half the people that do it, taking <\/span>ten years off the average smoker\u2019s lifespan<\/span><\/a>. But vaping, which contains neither the carbon monoxide or the tar which makes smoking so lethal, is estimated to be around <\/span>95% less harmful than smoking by Public Health England<\/span><\/a>. This is why some scientists consider vaping to be \u201cthe greatest public health breakthrough since antibiotics\u201d \u2014 we have a real chance to save so many of the lives that are lost to traditional tobacco products.<\/span><\/p>\n

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It\u2019s not just Public Health England who think that vaping has the potential to save lives. The <\/span>Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has issued a report saying that smokers should be \u201cencouraged\u201d and \u201creassured\u201d that vaping<\/span><\/a> is much less harmful than smoking. They came to three main conclusions on e-cigarettes:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. E-cigarettes are not \u201ca gateway\u201d to smoking<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. E-cigarettes are not re-normalising smoking<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. E-cigarettes can help smokers quit tobacco completely<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Professor John Britton, who advises the RCP on tobacco issues, said that e-cigarettes have the potential to prevent premature death and disease caused by smoking. He went on to stress the fact that even long-term vaping is likely to be nowhere near as harmful as the long-term inhalation of carbon monoxide (smoking).<\/span><\/p>\n

    British Charities Agree that Vaping can Save Lives<\/h2>\n

    Two well-respected charities, the British Heart Foundation (BMF) and Cancer Research UK, welcomed the RCP\u2019s findings. Dr Mike Knapton of the BMF said that the <\/span>70% of British smokers that want to quit<\/span><\/a> could try to do so by using e-cigarettes. He said that e-cigarettes are \u201can effective way of reducing the harm (caused by smoking)\u201d. <\/span>According to the <\/span>Office for National Statistics (ONS), 863,000 current e-cigarette users are ex-smokers<\/span><\/a>. That\u2019s an enormous number of people who have dramatically cut their risk of an early smoking-related death thanks to vaping. In addition, a further 720,000 people have managed to quit both cigarettes and e-cigarettes, showing that vapers are not simply swapping one addiction for another. Since e-cigarettes<\/a> have become popular, smoking rates have started to fall faster than at any other point in the last ten years.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Vaping Is More Than Harm Reduction – It’s a Lifestyle<\/h2>\n

    Put simply, vaping has saved lives. E-cigarette sales (i.e. not just vape kit<\/a> sales, but sales of associated products such as e-liquids<\/a>) have outstripped the sales of NRTs (nicotine gums and patches) because not only are they more enjoyable, but they are also more effective. For some, vaping becomes a part of your identity. This is because vaping can be a little intimidating from the outside, so it helps if you have someone who can teach you how things work. In turn, some vapers go on to teach others how to vape and so a community is born. As pointed out by Professor Gerry Stimson, you can go to a growing number of vaping exhibitions and festivals, but you can\u2019t go to an NRT fest. <\/span><\/p>\n

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