Current vape use among US middle and high school students fell from about 20 per cent in 2019 to 5.2 per cent in 2025, a decline of roughly 74 per cent.
Cigarette smoking stood at 1.4 per cent, while 7.2 per cent…
Exclusive vaping substantially reduces exposure to toxic chemicals linked to cardiovascular disease compared with cigarette smoking, the review found.
Smokers who switched completely showed favourable changes in markers linked to inflammation, blood clotting, cholesterol and blood-vessel health.
Population studies generally associated exclusive…
A South Korean study of 46,834 cancer patients found that deaths occurred at a 16 per cent lower rate among those who used vapes after diagnosis than among those who continued smoking.
Vape users also had a 28 per cent lower rate…
Exclusive cigarette smoking fell sharply among US adults who used cigarettes or vapes between 2014 and 2024.
Exclusive vaping rose from 5.5% to 39.9% of cigarette and/or vape use over the same period.
The shift was strongest among adults aged 18 to…
A new study found vaping products are now widely used by UK Stop Smoking Services.
In the detailed results, 27 out of 28 local authorities reported providing vapes to help smokers quit.
Every service supplying vapes offered flavoured products, with fruit offered…
Smokers given a 5% nicotine vape were more than three times as likely to quit cigarettes after six weeks as those given a nicotine-free vape.
The trial found 36.5% of people in the nicotine vape group stopped smoking, compared with 11.5 per…
The FDA’s first authorisation of fruit-flavoured vapes should be a turning point in America’s long-running battle over nicotine policy. Instead, it has exposed just how confused that policy has become.
The US Food and Drug Administration has authorised four vaping products from…
A new vape study is fuelling fresh fears about toxic metals - but experts say the science behind the headlines is far less clear.
Published in Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, the research explored whether metals from vape aerosol can build up in…
A global smoking rate below 5% by 2040 is described as “a realistic, measurable and equitable target”
Current tobacco control measures alone are unlikely to reduce smoking fast enough
Wider access to “regulated smoke-free nicotine alternatives” could accelerate declines significantly
Evidence from…