There are now more vapers than smokers in the UK for the first time View Image

The number of people who vape has overtaken the number who smoke for the first time, new figures suggest. One in 10 adults (10%) aged 16 and over in Britain use e-cigarettes every day, according to 2024 data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

This is compared with 9.1% who said they smoke cigarettes daily. This equates to around 5.4 million vapers and 4.9 million smokers, the ONS figures suggest.

David Mais, from the ONS, said: “Interestingly, our 2024 data show that, for the first time, the number of users of e-cigarettes or vapes has overtaken the number of smokers. Among adults aged 16 (and over) in Great Britain, 10% said they were e-cigarette users, compared with 9.1% that were cigarette

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