The Government is currently considering legislation that might restrict certain vapes. Commenting on yesterday’s debate in Parliament, John Dunne, UK Vaping Industry Association Director General, said: “If Health Minister Andrea Leadsom really believes that ‘nicotine consumption…kills up to two thirds of its long-term users and causes 70% of lung cancer deaths’, as she said yesterday, then she completely misunderstands the public health potential of vapes to save lives.
“It is cigarettes that kill over 200 people every day in the UK, not vapes. There is no evidence of nicotine vapes killing anyone in the UK, as Cancer Research UK have concluded ‘nicotine does not cause cancer’.
“The evidence is clear, vaping is at least 95% less harmful than cigarettes and is proven to be, by some margin, the most effective way for smokers to quit. Its a simple equation – the more the Government restrict access to vapes for adult smokers and those who’ve quit through vaping, the more smokers there will be.”
