Follow the topics within this article Health officials have been accused of downplaying the risk to teenagers from vaping by leading scientists, including one who identified that e-cigarettes cause lung damage. Public Health England (PHE) is “ignoring evidence” that vaping is harmful, putting Britain “out of step” with countries such as the US where teenagers are actively warned off the products, the experts said. Dr Aaron Scott, the University of Birmingham scientist who showed that vaporised e-liquid fluid has a similar effect on the lungs as regular cigarettes, said funding for long-term research into the harms of vaping was being stifled because “PHE wants to push the message that they [... [Read more]