Today, 18th February, is Ash Wednesday and also marks National No Smoking Day in Ireland. Trinity is changing its policy to become a Smoking and Vape Free Campus from the 18th of March Health experts are encouraging smokers to try vaping. They carried out lab tests to show the effects of smoking v vaping on lungs. (via BBC Lifestyle & Health News) Is vaping as bad as smoking cigarettes? BBC Learning English from the News E cigarettes & vaping statistics & facts Allen Carr's Easyway E cigarettes: misconceptions about their dangers may be preventing people from quitting smoking Centre for Evidence Based Medicine (CEBM), University of Oxford