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.

Key findings of the review include:

• the current best estimate is that e-cigarettes are around 95% less harmful than smoking
• nearly half the population (44.8%) don’t realise e-cigarettes are much less harmful than smoking
• there is no evidence so far that e-cigarettes are acting as a route into smoking for children or non-smokers //

In fact, the biggest vaping-related concern that PHE had during and after their research was the extent to which British media and government were peddling lies about vaping risks. In their conclusions, the researchers urged the government to stop telling people that vaping was dangerous, since that would discourage smokers from choosing vaping. According to PHE, the government's policy at the time actively put millions of UK citizens at risk of dying from tobacco-related illnesses.