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The Inquiry: Is vaping safe?

Is Vaping Safe?

24/10/2019 GMT

Is vaping safe?

BBC World Service - The Inquiry, Is vaping safe?

After deaths in the US and bans around the world, how risky are e-cigarettes?

In the UK, doctors say switching from smoking to e-cigarettes will save lives; in the US, there have been deaths linked to vaping, but the evidence is mixed.   How risky is it?

After deaths in the US and bans around the world, how risky are e-cigarettes?  In some countries, smokeless cigarettes are all the rage.  In the UK, doctors say if smokers switch from tobacco to e-cigarettes, it will save lives.  But in the US, where the authorities are investigating an outbreak of lung injury linked to vaping, they’re advising vapers to consider stopping.   In India, Mexico and dozens of other countries, vaping is banned altogether.  It’s a confused international picture.   

Vaping is still relatively new and scientists are still researching how harmful it may be in the long-term.  What we do know is that every year, eight million people die worldwide as a consequence of smoking tobacco.  What are the potential health risks associated with vaping?  We’ll find out from our expert witnesses, who include a neuroscientist, a pulmonary critical care doctor and a professor of nicotine and tobacco studies.


(A young woman smoking an electronic cigarette at the vape shop. Credit: Getty images)

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