Cigarettes contain tobacco, tar and a host of cancer-causing toxic chemicals and are the largest preventable cause of illness and death in the UK, external.
About half of all lifelong smokers will die early, losing on average about 10 years of life.
That is why people who smoke are urged to stop, with nicotine vapes the most effective quit tool – better than nicotine patches or gum., external
Recent research also suggests people having face-to-face support while using vapes can be up to twice as likely to stop smoking, external than those using other methods.
But vaping is not harmless, so it is only recommended for adult smokers.
They are offered free vape kits on the NHS to help them quit as part of its “swap to stop” programme.
More than two million smokers and ex-smokers who use disposable vapes would be affected by a ban, according to research by UCL., external
Thousands of people have given up smoking using vaping as an alternative. Fewer people in the UK are smoking than ever before – about 13%., external
