E-cigarettes now the most popular form of support to stop smoking

[VictorC]

"We estimate that e-cigarettes have probably helped around 20,000 smokers to quit each year, that wouldn't have otherwise."

No Smoking Day: E-cigarettes now the most popular form of support to stop smoking

 

[Robert Cromwell]

More truths about vaping is coming out daily.

 

[Rossum]

That's in England, population ~53 million. There are 6 times as many people in the US. So if the numbers are proportionate, they would mean that vaping helped 120,000 people quit in the US every year.

I'm thinking that sounds a bit low. I don't remember the source, but I've got a fuzzy recollection that several million people in the US have switched from smoking to vaping -- exclusively -- so not counting dual users. Since vaping has been around for less than 10 years in the US, the number per year would need to be several hundred thousand.

 

[VictorC]

That's in England

I think that's UK stats

 

[Rossum]

I think that's UK stats

The article does say "England" in several places, but let's assume you're right. That would mean we're talking about a reference population of 64 million instead of 53 million....