Switching to e-cigs would delay millions of deaths in US: study

Paris

A LARGE-SCALE switch from tobacco to e-cigarettes would cut smoking-related deaths by a quarter in the United States by 2100, even assuming the gadgets are themselves not risk-free, researchers said on Tuesday.

Scientists are still unsure about the potential harms of "vaping" as an alternative to traditional cigarettes, though most seem convinced it is at least safer.

Hypothesising that an e-cigarette carries only five per cent of the health risk of the real McCoy, and that only a han…