E-cigarettes, or vapes, have long been touted as a far safer alternative to cigarettes, with some companies claiming their products pose virtually no cancer risk.
But alarming new research appears to turn this perceived notion on its head.
In a first study of its kind, researchers analyzed health data from 4.3million ex-smokers and found those who switched to vapes were twice as likely to die from lung cancer, compared to those who went cold turkey.