Local stop smoking services should look to support e-cigarette users in their journey to quitting completely. The problem is people increasingly think they are at least as harmful and this may be keeping millions of smokers from quitting. Smoking remains England’s number one killer and the best thing a smoker can do is to quit completely, now and forever.Į-cigarettes are not completely risk free but when compared to smoking, evidence shows they carry just a fraction of the harm. Professor Kevin Fenton, Director of Health and Wellbeing at Public Health England said: However, the review raises concerns that increasing numbers of people think e-cigarettes are equally or more harmful than smoking (22.1% in 2015, up from 8.1% in 2013: ASH Smokefree GB survey) or don’t know (22.7% in 2015, ASH Smokefree GB survey).ĭespite this trend all current evidence finds that e-cigarettes carry a fraction of the risk of smoking.Įmerging evidence suggests some of the highest successful quit rates are now seen among smokers who use an e-cigarette and also receive additional support from their local stop smoking services. It also provides reassurance that very few adults and young people who have never smoked are becoming regular e-cigarette users (less than 1% in each group). The comprehensive review of the evidence finds that almost all of the 2.6 million adults using e-cigarettes in Great Britain are current or ex-smokers, most of whom are using the devices to help them quit smoking or to prevent them going back to cigarettes. Following the review PHE has published a paper on the implications of the evidence for policy and practice. The review, commissioned by PHE and led by Professor Ann McNeill (King’s College London) and Professor Peter Hajek (Queen Mary University of London), suggests that e-cigarettes may be contributing to falling smoking rates among adults and young people. there is no evidence so far that e-cigarettes are acting as a route into smoking for children or non-smokers. nearly half the population (44.8%) don’t realise e-cigarettes are much less harmful than smoking.the current best estimate is that e-cigarettes are around 95% less harmful than smoking.An expert independent evidence review published today by Public Health England ( PHE) concludes that e-cigarettes are significantly less harmful to health than tobacco and have the potential to help smokers quit smoking.
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