Lily James has revealed her habit of vaping has ruined her teeth.
The Mamma Mia star, 36, has been spotted smoking e-cigarettes in the past, including on the set of her Bumble biopic Swiped last summer.
She has now revealed she needs dental work because of the flavoured vapes as they are “full of sugar”.
“I prided myself that I’d never had a filling,” the Downton Abbey star said, per The Daily Mail.
“I did just recently get one – I was so upset. Apparently it’s from flavoured vapes, which are full of sugar. They f**ked my teeth.”
The use of e-cigarettes decreases the production of saliva, which is crucial for cleaning the mouth and helping to prevent cavities.
The sugar in flavoured products, when combined with excess bacteria in the mouth, can cause gum disease, tooth decay and gum recession.
Surrey-born star James added that she is wearing braces again to fix her teeth.
“I had braces twice because I never wore my retainer, which I'm doing again now,” she explained.
The amount of people who currently vape in the UK is 11% - the highest rate ever - and equal to 5.6 million adults, according to the latest data.
Vaping may be worse for people’s long-term health than smoking, the author of a study claimed in February.
Although the NHS recommends that vaping is safer than smoking cigarettes, the author behind a study into the long term effects of vaping has said it can put users at risk of dementia, heart disease and organ failure.
“Smokers tend to go outside and smoke, and once a cigarette is finished they have to light up another to keep going,” Dr Maxime Boidin, a senior lecturer in cardiac rehabilitation at Manchester Metropolitan University, told the Mirror.
“But with vapes, you just keep going and it’s much harder to know how many puffs you’ve had.
“It’s much easier to vape continuously because you can do it in places where smoking might be less acceptable.”
He added that he believed the mixture of metals and chemicals found in vapes can cause inflammation and oxidative stress, which can lead to artery inner wall damage and cell death.
James isn’t the only celebrity who has been known to vape.
Lily Allen was seen vaping at the Cheltenham Races in 2019 and puffing away while on holiday in Tuscany last year.
She came under fire in 2019 for being the face of vaping brand Vype and promoting it on Instagram.
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) received complaints about seven Vype posts in 2019, three of which featured captioned pictures of the singer with the product, which were later taken down.
Katie Price has been open about her struggle to quit vaping since she started almost two years ago.
“I've been vaping for a year, and it's no good for you - especially when my mum has had a lung transplant. It's disrespectful doing this in front of my mum,” she said in December 2024.
“I've decided that today is the day I am throwing this battery, chemical, addictive, horrible thing away. I am now doing vapes no more from today.”
Price revealed in January that she was seduced into vaping despite having never smoked.
"My mum's had her lung transplant and she's never smoked. I've never smoked, I'm not a smoker. A year ago smelling all these [vapes] what people do and I got the taste [for them],” she said on Rob Moore’s podcast.
The former glamour model said a medical expert warned her about the risks of vaping during a virtual consultation.
"When he was on the phone to me... he said if anyone was going to start anything, smoking or vaping, even though he advises none, he said smoke not vape, he said these [vapes] are so bad for you,” she revealed.
