Is vaping still a safer alternative to smoking? | 5 News

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► Each year in the UK around a hundred thousand people die because they smoke - and recent research has shown just how effective e-cigarettes are at helping people quit.

But there have been 33 deaths in the United States linked to vaping - so should smokers here be worried?

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