A VAPE user doesn’t believe that inhaling gallons of flavoured nicotine mist might be somehow be unhealthy.

Kah Heng, not his real name, whose favourite vape flavour is Tangytronic Laboratories Caramel Oil, questioned new research which claims vaping is more harmful than previously thought.

He said: “What could be more healthy than constantly inhaling huge clouds of sweet-smelling chemical mist laced with nicotine? Surely that’s as natural as eating vegetables or going for a walk in a meadow.

“Vaping is the reason humans evolved to have lungs. At least that’s what Kev in my local vape shop reckons and he seems to know about science because he’s got a massive vape that looks like a gun from a sci-fi film.”

Vape fluid manufacturer Norman Steele said: “People get paranoid but ours is a trustworthy, long-running family business that also makes grenades and anaesthetics for donkeys.”