<p>According to the World Health organisation, smoking kills some 7 million people every year. It is one of the world’s leading causes of preventable death.</p><p>Because smoking causes lung cancer and other awful health conditions, many smokers switch to vaping - using nicotine-based e-cigarettes.</p><p>But the World Health organisation is also concerned about vaping. Last year they said 100 million people around the world are now using e-cigarettes, including millions of children, and warned that they were fuelling a new wave of nicotine addiction.</p><p>But how do the health risks of these two means of getting nicotine into your bloodstream compare?</p><p>According to a recent headline in the Daily Mail, they’re basically the same. Here’s the headline:</p><p>“Vaping is linked to lung and mouth cancer in major study, as experts warn: 'It is NOT safer than smoking’”</p><p>But is vaping really just as bad for you as smoking?</p><p>CONTRIBUTOR:</p><p>Professor Lion Shahab, Co-Director of the UCL Tobacco and Alcohol Research Group</p><p>CREDITS:</p><p>Presenter: Charlotte McDonald Reporter/producer: Tom Colls Production co-ordinator: Brenda Brown Sound mix: Dave O’Neil Editor: Richard Vadon</p>