Is E-cigarette is a healthier alternative?
By: Team Ifairer | Posted: 28-02-2014
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In 2013 the market for smoking cessation aids grew just 1.7 per cent to reach a value of Euro 131 million. But with the growing popularity of E-cigarettes, there is concern that young people may take up 'vaping' as a less harmful alternative to smoking.This concern has resulted in the Government announcement made in January 2014 that the sale of E-cigarettes to under-18s is to be made illegal.
A greater proportion of smokers and ex-smokers agree that E-cigarettes are a good way to cut down (32 per cent) rather than quit smoking (26 per cent), suggesting that people are using them as both a smoking cessation aid and an alternative to tobacco.