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*However, there is lots of confusion, even misinformation, about vaping. The most common relates to its harm. I have spoken to the very best academics and scientists across the country and internationally. They all told me that vaping is far less harmful than smoking. | *However, there is lots of confusion, even misinformation, about vaping. The most common relates to its harm. I have spoken to the very best academics and scientists across the country and internationally. They all told me that vaping is far less harmful than smoking. | ||
*In cigarettes, we know that it is not the nicotine that kills you but the other thousands of toxic chemicals such as tar and carbon monoxide. Vapes give smokers the nicotine they crave but protect them from the toxins they would inhale from a cigarette. | *In cigarettes, we know that it is not the nicotine that kills you but the other thousands of toxic chemicals such as tar and carbon monoxide. Vapes give smokers the nicotine they crave but protect them from the toxins they would inhale from a cigarette. | ||
===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]=== | |||
*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. | |||
*Fewer than 1% of never smokers are current vapers (amounting to 4.9% of vapers). | |||
*As in previous years the main reason given by ex-smokers for vaping is to help them quit (36%) then to prevent relapse (20%). | |||
*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%). | |||
*Nearly a third of smokers incorrectly believe vaping is more or equally as harmful as smoking (32% compared to 34% in 2020). | |||
*Citation: Action on Smoking and Health (ASH). Use of e-cigarettes (vapes) among adults in Great Britain. 2021 | |||
===2021: Video: [https://vimeo.com/649054668 Depression causes vaping!]=== | ===2021: Video: [https://vimeo.com/649054668 Depression causes vaping!]=== | ||
*In this talk [https://www.e-cigarette-summit.co.uk/seminar/depression-causes-vaping/ Professor Notley] will discuss the latest evidence exploring associations between nicotine use and common mental health conditions, including depression. | *In this talk [https://www.e-cigarette-summit.co.uk/seminar/depression-causes-vaping/ Professor Notley] will discuss the latest evidence exploring associations between nicotine use and common mental health conditions, including depression. | ||
*Interpretive assumptions will be drawn out, including inappropriate claims of causal relationships between vaping and depression. | *Interpretive assumptions will be drawn out, including inappropriate claims of causal relationships between vaping and depression. | ||
===2021: [https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/9/e045445 Effects of brief exposure to misinformation about e-cigarette harms on twitter: a randomised controlled experiment]=== | ===2021: [https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/9/e045445 Effects of brief exposure to misinformation about e-cigarette harms on twitter: a randomised controlled experiment]=== | ||
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