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| ===2021: [https://ash.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Use-of-e-cigarettes-vapes-among-adults-in-Great-Britain-2021.pdf Use of e-cigarettes (vapes) among adults in Great Britain]===
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| *Nearly two thirds of current vapers are ex-smokers (64.6%), and the proportion continues to grow, while the proportion who also smoke (known as dual users) has fallen to 30.5% in 2021.
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| *Fewer than 1% of never smokers are current vapers (amounting to 4.9% of vapers).
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| *As in previous years the main reason given by ex-smokers for vaping is to help them quit (36%) then to prevent relapse (20%).
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| *The main reason given by current smokers for vaping is to cut down (26%) then to help them quit (17%) and to prevent relapse (14%).
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| *Nearly a third of smokers incorrectly believe vaping is more or equally as harmful as smoking (32% compared to 34% in 2020).
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| ===2021: [https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1753-6405.13143 Reactions on Twitter towards Australia's proposed import restriction on nicotine vaping products: a thematic analysis]=== | | ===2021: [https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1753-6405.13143 Reactions on Twitter towards Australia's proposed import restriction on nicotine vaping products: a thematic analysis]=== |