What should we do about vaping?

Inside Health

BBC

Health & Fitness, Science

4.4 • 575 Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Richard was 10 when he started smoking, and by the age of 35, he had given up on giving up smoking. But thanks to vaping he quit, almost by accident, in just a few months.

However, vaping has been in the spotlight recently, with the rise of disposable vapes and awareness of more young people starting to vape.

So, is vaping a useful tool to help people get off of cigarettes, or is it a gateway for young people into smoking? We hear from young people about their experiences and thoughts on vaping.

In the studio, Dr Sarah Jackson, Principal Research Fellow at UCL Alcohol and Tobacco Research Group, and Hazel Cheeseman, Deputy Chief Executive of ‘Action on Smoking and Health’, are with James to discuss.

Plus, podiatrist Dr Ivan Bristow is on hand to advise why James and listener Linda have had a hard time getting rid of their verrucas for years. We find out exactly what the warts are and what options are available to help our body tackle them.

Presenter: James Gallagher Producer: Hannah Fisher Assistant producer: Katie Tomsett Editor: Holly Squire

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0:34.7	Hello there and welcome to the Inside Health podcast. I'm James Gallagher.
0:38.4	We're going to be finding out why Varukas can be so hard to get rid of and what you can do
0:43.0	about them in a bit. But first, I have a question for you. Can you remember the first time
0:48.1	you ever heard of vaping? I can because it involved the police and bomb disposal.
0:53.9	There was our police surrounding the coach.
0:56.0	We were asked to get off one by one slowly.
0:59.0	They were aiming at us.
1:00.0	What people were saying there were people with guns in the trees.
1:03.0	Everyone was getting pretty scared.
1:05.0	That was Jenny Lister speaking to the BBC back in 2012.
1:09.0	She'd been on a coach from Preston to London, a passenger
1:12.4	had been seen pouring a liquid into a bag, and then a mysterious vapour started to emerge. Other
1:18.5	passengers raised the alarm, fearing it could be an explosive device, armed police swooped in,
1:24.6	stopped the coach in the middle of the M6 toll road, and it all turned out to be just a vape.
1:30.3	It's hard to imagine the same thing happening now. Vaping has just become so common.
1:35.3	I mean, it's hard to walk down the street without walking through a vape cloud, you know, one of those sweet-smelling ones often taste some strawberries or sweeties.
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