Smokers urged to swap cigarettes for vapes in world first scheme

Smokers urged to swap cigarettes for vapes in world first scheme One million smokers will be encouraged to swap cigarettes for vapes under a pioneering new ‘swap to stop’ scheme designed to improve the health of the nation and cut smoking rates.

As part of the world-first national scheme, almost 1 in 5 of all smokers in England will be provided with a vape starter kit alongside behavioural support to help them quit the habit as part of a series of new measures to help the government meet its ambition of being smokefree by 2030 - reducing smoking rates to 5% or less. Department of Health and Social Care

See also:

• Crackdown on illegal sale of vapes Department of Health and Social Care
• Vaping: Free e-cigarettes to be handed out in anti-smoking drive BBC News
• Vaping: New measures to crack down on illegal sale of e-cigarettes to teenagers BBC News
• Government to offer a million vape 'starter kits' in bid to make Britain smoke-free The Daily Mail
• Vaping: Govt to launch 'enforcement squads' in crackdown on illegal e-cigarette sales Sky News
• Vape starter kits for one million smokers in 'swap to stop' scheme Sky News