Government missing opportunity with e-cigarettes

Government missing opportunity with e-cigarettes The Science and Technology Committee publishes its Report, E-cigarettes. The Report reviews the current evidence base on the harmfulness of e-cigarettes compared to conventional cigarettes and looks at the current policies on e-cigarettes, including in NHS mental health units and in prisons. The Committee concludes that e-cigarettes should not be treated in the same way as conventional cigarettes.

• Read the report summary
• Read the report conclusions and recommendations
• Read the full report:: E-cigarettes

E-cigarettes, estimated as 95% less harmful than conventional cigarettes, are too often being overlooked as a stop smoking tool by the NHS. Regulations should be relaxed relating to e-cigarettes’ licensing, prescribing and advertising of their health benefits. Their level of taxation and use in public places must be reconsidered.

See also:

• E-cigarettes can be key weapon against smoking, say MPs BBC News
• Relaxing vaping laws would cut smoking deaths, say MPs The Guardian
• Smoking ban should not apply to e-cigarettes and vaping should be allowed at work, in pubs and on trains, MPs say The Independent