Vaping does not act as a gateway into smoking, the most comprehensive study carried out suggests.
Researchers at Queen Mary University of London said there was “tentative” evidence that products such as e-cigarettes might be speeding up the demise of smoking.
Their study compared data on the use and sales of electronic cigarettes over time with data on smoking rates and cigarette sales in countries that had historically similar levels and rates of smoking, but that now regulated vaping differently.
Professor Peter Hajek, director of the Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine’s Tobacco Dependence Research Unit at Queen Mary University of London, said: “The results of this study alleviate the concern that access to e-cigarettes and other low-risk nicotine products promote smoking.
“There is no sign
