E-cigarettes an evidence update A report commissioned by Public Health England

E-cigarettes: an evidence updateFigure 15: Perceptions of relative harmfulness of e-cigarettes in comparison withtobacco cigarettes by e-cigarette use and smoking status. ASH Smokefree GB adultsurveys (weighted)Trends in harm perceptions relative to cigarettes over timeSince 2013, perceptions of the relative harmfulness of EC have become less accurate.Significantly larger proportions perceived EC to be at least as harmful as cigarettes in2014 than in 2013 both in the Internet Cohort GB surveys (Figure 16) and in the ASHyouth surveys (Figure 17 [64]). In the Internet Cohort GB survey, there was nosignificant change from 2012 to 2013, but from 2013 to 2014 the proportion thinking thatEC were less harmful decreased in favour of equally or more harmful (p