Vaping to stop smoking 

Nicotine vaping is less harmful than smoking. It’s also one of the most effective tools for stopping smoking.

Vaping is not completely harmless and we only recommend it for adult smokers, to support quitting smoking and staying quit.

What are vapes?

Vapes are electronic devices that let you inhale nicotine in an aerosol, or vapour, instead of smoke. This is done by heating a solution (e-liquid) that typically contains propylene glycol, vegetable glycerine, flavourings and nicotine.

ই-তরল বিভিন্ন নিকোটিন শক্তিতে আসে, তাই আপনি নিয়ন্ত্রণ করেন কতটা নিকোটিন আপনার লোভ এবং অন্যান্য প্রত্যাহারের উপসর্গ, যেমন খিটখিটে বোধ করা এবং মেজাজ কম থাকাতে সাহায্য করতে হবে।

নিকোটিন নিজেই খুব ক্ষতিকারক নয় (এটি ধোঁয়ার রাসায়নিক পদার্থ যা সবচেয়ে ক্ষতিকারক) এবং মানুষকে ধূমপান বন্ধ করতে সাহায্য করার জন্য বহু বছর ধরে ওষুধে নিরাপদে ব্যবহার করা হচ্ছে।

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Disposable Vapes

১লা জুন ২০২৫ সাল থেকে ব্যবসা প্রতিষ্ঠানগুলির জন্য একবার ব্যবহারযোগ্য (ডিসপোজেবল) ভ্যাপ বিক্রি বা সরবরাহ করা অবৈধ।

একজন ব্যক্তি একটি ডিসপোজেবল ভ্যাপ ধরে আছেন

Illegal Vapes

Illegal vapes have become really common over the past few years, and there are a few things worth knowing – both about what makes them অবৈধ and why they can be more risky than regulated vapes.

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Disposing of Vapes

আপনার পুরানো ভ্যাপগুলি আপনার সাধারণ আবর্জনা বা পুনর্ব্যবহারযোগ্য বিনে ফেললে বিন লরিতে আগুন লাগতে পারে।.

So how do you make sure that you are disposing of your vapes safely and with the environment in mind? (Photo credit: Gary Chan on Unsplash)

Making the switch to vaping

Vaping is great to help you stop smoking. Some people are happy to continue to vape but many people want to stop completely.

Watch a short video about people who have made the switch from smoking to vaping. 

You can find advice on how to stop vaping on our stop vaping pages.

ভ্যাপিং মিথ

Vapes give you ‘popcorn lung.’

This myth started because of a flavouring called diacetyl. It gives e-liquids a buttery taste.

When people breathe in high amounts of diacetyl, it can cause a serious lung disease. This disease was first seen in workers at a popcorn factory. That is why it is sometimes called “popcorn lung.”

In the UK, diacetyl is not allowed in vapes or e-liquids. In the past, small amounts were found in some products. However, these amounts were very low. They were not high enough to harm people’s health.

Vapes are not regulated, and we do not know what is in them.

The UK has some of the strictest rules for vapes  in the world. These rules come from the Tobacco and Related Products Regulations Act of 2016.

All vapes products must meet minimum standards for quality and safety. There are also strict rules about packaging and labeling. Every product must clearly list all of its ingredients.

Vapes must be harmful because they contain nicotine

Smoking-related diseases are caused by the many toxic chemicals in tobacco smoke. These chemicals are breathed into the lungs.

Nicotine itself does not cause cancer. However, it is the highly addictive part in tobacco that keeps people smoking

Exposure to vape vapour is harmful to bystanders

Unlike cigarettes, vapes  do not produce side-stream vapour. The only vapour released into the air is what the user breathes out.

In 2018, Public Health England reported that no health risks from passive vaping had been identified up to that point. This means there was no clear evidence that bystanders were harmed by breathing in vape vapour.

Vapes will lead young people to smoke

Reserach shows that young people are experimenting with vapes but regular use is rare and confined to those who already smoke.

Vapes are being used so the tobacco industry can keep people smoking.

More people who use vapes are former smokers.

There are 3.2 million adult vape users in the UK. More than half of them have completely stopped smoking. Another 770,000 people have stopped both smoking and vaping.

At the same time, success rates for quitting smoking have improved. Smoking rates are also falling faster. In England, the smoking rate is now 14.9 percent. This is a record low.

Vapes do not help you stop smoking

Vapes can help some people to stop smoking by giving them nicotine without the harmful smoke from cigarettes.

Vaping is great to help you stop smoking and while some people are happy to continue to vape many people want to stop completely. You can find advice on how to stop vaping on our stop vaping pages. 

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