Vaping: Not Safer Than Smoking

0:00On April 26, cigarette smoking in the UK just hit its lowest point ever, with 5.3 million adults over 18, that's 10.6% lighting up in 2024, down from record starting in 2011, but vapes are taking over, with 5.4 million folks over 16, using them daily or now and then, about 10% of adults. A lot of people switch to vaping thinking it's way safer than old school smokes, but top doctors are calling that out hard. They're saying the chemicals in those vape juices might hit even worse. Cancer expert Dr. William Lee went on the Zoe podcast and dropped knowledge, vapings are straight up cancer risk, proven in labs and popping up in. Patients. He argues those flavors and solutions irritate more, mutate DNA, deeper than tobacco ever did. Then there's surgeon Dr. Jeremy London, board certified in multiple fields, who rates habits on a 1 to 10 scale, vaping a full 10 for him. He's seen heart breaking cases and young people already, even without decades of data,

1:01like six. Bottom line. If you're eyeing vapes as a step up, these pros say pump the brakes, could be trading one poison for something sneakier. Stay sharp out there.