I remember my local pub a decade ago.
Just outside, the smokers would gather, sipping their beer and blowing streams of smoke into the air by the road. Even when I vaped, I would join them, as quite often that was where the most interesting conversations were.
How different it is now.
One by one, the smokers took their last puff and switched to vaping. They’ll still gather outside when it’s warm, but it’s vapour, not smoke, that fills the air around them.
They’re not alone.
In the UK millions of people have switched from smoking to vaping. According to ASH England, more than 2 million of them have also gone on to stop using nicotine entirely. It’s a situation replicated around the world, with over 60 million smokers quitting since vaping was introduced.
The UK government has recognised that vaping is both the most popular and effective way to quit smoking, while a Cochrane review – considered the gold standard of scientific reviews – is finding increasingly strong evidence that vaping is both an effective way to stop smoking and is likely more effective than NRT.
James Dunworth – Ashtray Blog – 2021-10-21.
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