Nicotine vapes are 60% more effective at helping people quit smoking

Nicotine vapes are 60 per cent more effective at helping people quit smoking, according to a new study.

Irish vapers are calling on the Government to stop it’s planned ban on flavoured e-cigarettes which is before the Seanad.

Campaigners are warning the move could drive adult users back to cigarettes or towards illegal products.

The research revealed 10 in 100 people quit successfully with vapes compared to just six in 100 using other methods.

Ken Heffernan, of Respect Vapers says more than 300 thousand people have stopped smoking because of vaping: