From: Vaping Post
The latest data from the UK shows that “dual use”, the nightmare scenario warned about by public health activists, is continuing to fall – more than half of British vapers no longer smoke. Meanwhile the FDA has a new boss who’s more sympathetic to vaping, and a second US study has found no trace of harmful chemicals in a vape shop’s atmosphere.
Number of UK switchers rises above 50%
Action on Smoking and Health are increasingly unpopular with vaping advocates thanks to their support for excessive regulations, but the pressure group has just delivered some great news; the latest edition of their annual study into smoking behaviour shows that more than half of British vapers have now quit smoking completely.
According to ASH there are around 2.9 million vapers in the UK, and the results of the new survey say that 1.5 million of them are now ex-smokers. Professor Ann McNeill described this as “encouraging news” for harm reduction. Repeated studies have suggested that e-cigarettes are a far more effective quit method than old-fashioned NRT, but a success rate of over 50% puts them in a completely different class.
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