E-Cigarettes “Around 95% Less Harmful” Than Regular Smoking

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The uptake of e-cigarettes over the past decade has been massive, with 2.6 million users in the U.K. alone. librakv/Shutterstock

A new report published in the U.K. has concluded that e-cigarettes are nowhere near as harmful as smoking. Carried out by Public Health England (PHE), the report found that e-cigarettes are “around 95% less harmful” than smoking tobacco, and that the National Health Service should consider recommending them to help people quit smoking all together.