One million UK people who have never smoked are now vaping

[Ming the Merciless]

Wow, a health crisis in waiting.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwe8ldgzj277o

 

[ianrauk]

My partner, who gave up smoking in 2017, vapes way more then she ever smoked. And it's something I've noticed with other friends who vape. They seem to have a vape constantly in hand and continually puff on it.

 

[presta]

The issue of the rising incidence of young onset cancer was on Panorama last night. It seems that in deciding where to start searching for the cause(s), we're spoilt for choice.

 

[Pblakeney]

I wonder what percentage of those million started while still at school. Lunchtime is “interesting” around here.

 

[nogoodnamesleft]

Wow, a health crisis in waiting.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwe8ldgzj277o

I have a massive mistrust of vaping, purely from anecdotal knowledge of one person. My neighbour used to smoke a bit but then switch to vaping. Within 2 years she had severs COPD down to ⅓ lung function and now can hardly move around the house, has emergency bottles of oxygen and on several occasions has had ambulances attending.

Could be coincidence but these days maybe even worse as frequent introductions of new untested chemicals introduced to keep people going, new chemicals to mimic new flavours almost making it a hobby "have you tried ...".

 

[Dogtrousers]

It might be relatively harmless (but not without risk). Or it might not. I don't think there's any evidence YET that it's a health crisis in the making. But we don't have the long term data.

Yet.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

It might be relatively harmless (but not without risk). Or it might not. I don't think there's any evidence YET that it's a health crisis in the making. But we don't have the long term data.

Yet.

Scientists have spent more than a century studying the health effects of smoking. Although e-cigarettes are much newer, exposure to nicotine containing aerosols has already been associated with addiction, poisoning, inhalation injuries, and burns.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/06/260619020520.htm

A major new review warns that vaping may be causing cancer already—and scientists say we shouldn't wait decades to act.

 

[nogoodnamesleft]

Scientists have spent more than a century studying the health effects of smoking. Although e-cigarettes are much newer, exposure to nicotine containing aerosols has already been associated with addiction, poisoning, inhalation injuries, and burns.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/06/260619020520.htm

A major new review warns that vaping may be causing cancer already—and scientists say we shouldn't wait decades to act.

Particularly as the longer we wait the more people will adopt the habit and those already damaging themselves will make that damage worse.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Particularly as the longer we wait the more people will adopt the habit and those already damaging themselves will make that damage worse.

I would also be wary of the very same tobacco companies who denied the harms of cigarettes for years. Guess who is behind vapes, no surprises.

https://vapecould.com/blogs/news/a-...tional-companies-and-leading-brands-worldwide

 

[wakemalcolm]

It seems that in deciding where to start searching for the cause(s), we're spoilt for choice.

Ah, bring on the plausible deniability.

 

[nogoodnamesleft]

I would also be wary of the very same tobacco companies who denied the harms of cigarettes for years. Guess who is behind vapes, no surprises.

https://vapecould.com/blogs/news/a-...tional-companies-and-leading-brands-worldwide

And without accusing any companies of anything but these days very easy for a company to declare massive shareholder dividends and Phoenixing.