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“Vaping is just as bad as smoking.”
Every major review that has measured it finds vaping exposes you to far fewer toxins than smoking. Not harmless — but nowhere near as bad.
The evidence
Burning tobacco is what makes smoking so deadly. Take the burning away and the toxins people actually absorb drop dramatically.
The US National Academies found conclusive evidence that completely switching from cigarettes to vaping reduces exposure to numerous toxicants and carcinogens.12 People who have fully switched carry about 2–3% of a smoker’s level of NNAL, a marker of a tobacco-specific lung carcinogen.1415
England’s official evidence review concluded vaping poses “only a small fraction of the risk of smoking”.21 The Royal College of Physicians says e-cigarettes are “demonstrably less harmful than smoked tobacco to user and bystander alike”.22
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Nicotine hooked me. Smoke nearly killed me. Vapour gave me my breath back.
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