Public Health England maintains vaping is 95% less harmful than smoking

As scepticism rises, PHE says e-cigarettes could help more people quit smoking

The government is launching a new campaign to try to convince the UK's smokers that vaping is not as harmful as smoking and a good way to quit, in a bid to counter the scepticism generated by some scientific studies and media headlines.

Public Health England (PHE), which maintains that vaping is 95% less harmful than tobacco, is releasing a short video of an experiment which reveals the amount of sticky black tar that accumulates in the lungs of a heavy smoker, collected in a bell jar. By contrast, the same nicotine intake through vaping releases only a trace of residue.