E-cigs don't burn, so people aren't as exposed to those toxins. A 2015 expert review from Public Health England estimated e-cigs are 95% less harmful than the real thing. That figure is controversial and might be a little high, says Kenneth Warner, a tobacco policy researcher at the University of Michigan. read more
The key difference between traditional cigarettes and e-cigarettes is that e-cigarettes don’t contain tobacco. But, it isn’t just the tobacco in cigarettes that causes cancer. read more
E-cigarettes are a safer alternative to smoking tobacco in the context of developing smoking-related cancer.” Conley, representing the vaping industry, contends that people who cut back on tobacco smoking while using e-cigarettes, but don’t completely quit, will experience a reduction in their levels of toxins and carcinogens, even though that wasn’t found in this study. read more