Flavoured vapes may produce many harmful chemicals when e-liquids are heated – new research

Vaping has become widely adopted as an alternative to traditional smoking. The latest figures show 4.5 million people in the UK regularly use e-cigarettes. However, there are many concerning unknowns about vaping’s long term health impacts, especially for the younger, “never-smoked” generations – for whom flavoured vapes are the most attractive and common entry point.

To understand the health impact of flavoured vapes on the population, I led a research project using...