Vaping rates surge, and space race to deliver economic boon

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

Natural Sciences, Science, Science Radio, Naked Scientists, Health & Fitness, Engineering, Medicine, Technology, Life Sciences

4.6 • 958 Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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In this edition of The Naked Scientists: Among British people vapers now outnumber smokers for the first time. From Big Bang to Big Crunch - the new theory showing the expansion of the Universe might be slowing down. And, evidence that our early ancestors, three million years ago, may have excelled at DIY!Linda - So these are the annual population survey statistics from the Office for National Statistics that look at smoking, it was the main focus, so smoking in the UK but also vaping behaviour. And we see that for the first time the proportion of people aged 16 and older who vape is higher... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:04.1	Welcome.
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0:17.4	Hello, welcome to this week's Naked Scientist podcast, the program that brings you the biggest breakthroughs and talks to the major movers and shakers in the worlds of science, technology and medicine.
0:27.0	With me, Chris Smith.
0:28.7	On the way, among British people, vapors now outnumber smokers for the first time.
0:34.0	From Big Bang to Big Crunch, the new theory showing the expansion of the universe
0:38.4	might be slowing down, but what's the ultimate fate? And evidence that our early ancestors
0:44.2	three million years ago might have excelled at DIY.
1:04.1	New data suggests that more people in Great Britain are vaping now rather than smoking for the very first time.
1:15.1	The figures which have been compiled by the Office for National Statistics suggest that almost 5.5 million people currently vape on a daily basis and that the number of people who smoke cigarettes is continuing to fall steadily and is now smaller than the number of vapors.
1:19.6	Linda Bald is a leading expert in public health at the University of Edinburgh and she also
1:23.9	advises the Scottish Government on health policy.
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