SALT LAKE CITY — Not long after he had his first cigarette at 14 years old, Braedon Elies had worked his way up to half a pack a day. About 2 years ago, the 20-year-old St. George resident switched to e-cigarettes in an effort to quit smoking. He hasn’t looked back since. “I like the … Continue reading Report: E-cigs overtake cigarettes in popularity among Utah teens

E-cigarette manufacturers and public health groups are sparing over a new study that claims the non-tobacco products are 95 percent safer than regular cigarettes. The report commissioned by Public Health England (PHE), an independent panel of experts in the United Kingdom also found that of 2.6 million adult e-cigarettes users in that country, almost all … Continue reading Fight over e-cig safety heats up

Teenagers and youngsters in their early 20s are more likely to rate hookah and e-cigarettes as safer than cigarettes, though the trend is not seen among 25- to 34-year-olds, a study says. Studying data from 2,871 smoking and non-smoking young adults, ages 18-34, Olivia A. Wackowski and Cristine D. Delnevo from Rutgers University in US … Continue reading Teenagers think hookah and e-cigarettes safer than cigarettes

(CNN)The question of whether e-cigarettes can help people quit smoking is hotly debated. Studies looking at the effectiveness of the devices as cessation aids have been unclear, but at best, they suggest that they work about as well as nicotine patches. The uncertainty surrounding use of e-cigarettes, alsoknown as vaping, did not stop a government … Continue reading E-cigarettes safer than real cigarettes and can help you quit, UK report says

While scientists remain divided on the issue here in the U.S., a new report from Public Health England (PHE) — a division of the U.K. Department of Health — has concluded that electronic cigarettes are considerably less harmful than their analog counterparts. How much less? Well, according to official estimates, it’s somewhere in the ballpark … Continue reading UK Department of Health finds e-cigs 95 percent less harmful than normal cigarettes

Government body says vaping can make ‘significant contribution to endgame of tobacco’ and raises concerns about length of licensing process Vaping is safer than smoking and could lead to the demise of the traditional cigarette, Public Health England (PHE) has said in the first official recognition that e-cigarettes are less damaging to health than smoking … Continue reading Vaping: e-cigarettes safer than smoking, says Public Health England

Electronic cigarettes are not encouraging young people to take up smoking, research by a health charity has shown. Electronic cigarettes are not encouraging young people to take up smoking, research by a health charity has shown. Ash (Action on Smoking and Health) found no evidence that young people are being recruited to smoking through using … Continue reading E-cigarettes ‘not encouraging youngsters to smoke’