The spinMyth 08 of 14

False

“Second-hand vapour is as dangerous as second-hand smoke.”

Public Health England found no identified health risks of passive vaping to bystanders. Second-hand smoke kills over 1.6 million people a year.

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The evidence

Second-hand smoke is deadly. Second-hand vapour hasn’t been shown to harm bystanders.

Public Health England: “to date, there have been no identified health risks of passive vaping to bystanders.”52 The Royal College of Physicians says e-cigarettes are demonstrably less harmful than smoked tobacco “to user and bystander alike”.22

Second-hand tobacco smoke, by contrast, kills more than 1.6 million non-smokers a year worldwide.82

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