{"id":38694,"date":"2026-08-26T00:51:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T00:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/health\/38694\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T00:51:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T00:51:08","slug":"nicotine-vapes-best-chance-to-quit-smoking-major-review-finds-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/health\/38694\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicotine vapes best chance to quit smoking, major review finds"},"content":{"rendered":"

Experts say vaping, although not entirely risk-free, is far safer than smoking. <\/p>\n

In the UK, there are now more over-16s using vapes or e-cigarettes than smoking cigarettes, figures show<\/a>. Around 5.3 million people or 10% of adults say they smoke, while around 5.4 million use vapes daily or occasionally.<\/p>\n

The review, external<\/a> of the most recent and best quality evidence to date applies to regulated vapes that are checked for quality and compliant with strict safety laws. <\/p>\n

It doesn’t look at unregulated ones that can contain illicit substances, like spice or THC. <\/p>\n

One of the report authors, Dr Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, cautioned: “Unlicensed e-cigarettes are potentially dangerous, with issues including unstable batteries and harmful chemicals. <\/p>\n

“Anyone looking to use e-cigarettes to quit smoking should only purchase devices that have been tested and approved by their country’s regulatory body.”<\/p>\n

The review found no evidence of any increased risk of serious harm from using e-cigarettes to quit.<\/p>\n

The long-term risks of vaping are not yet clear though, and the NHS says children and non-smokers should never vape. <\/p>\n

Doctors say vaping could lead to health harms in children<\/a> and should be made “less attractive” to them. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Experts say vaping, although not entirely risk-free, is far safer than smoking. In the UK, there are now…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38695,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[8],"class_list":["post-38694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38694\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}