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Pregnant women will also be offered financial incentives to help them quit as part of a sweeping package of measures to cut smoking rates in England.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Bold new measures to combat rising levels of youth vaping expected to be announced.
New high-tech X-ray scanners thwart 28,000 attempts to smuggle contraband behind bars.
Smoking remains the single biggest cause of preventable illness and death in England.
First published during the 2022 Truss Conservative government
New independent review into tobacco control led by Dr Javed Khan OBE has been published.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Correspondence between the UK Vaping Industry Association and the Department of Health and Social Care, published under Article 5.3 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.
As number of vapers in England plateaus, incorrect perceptions of its relative risks compared to smoking may be discouraging smokers from using vaping to quit.
Over half of smokers believe nicotine vaping products are equally or more harmful than smoking despite US vaping deaths being caused by substances banned in UK.
Follow safety advice from OPSS and our partners to take charge of e-cigarette battery safety.
Survey finds that more than two-thirds of NHS acute trusts in England now prohibit smoking on site as part of their journey to becoming smokefree.
The expanded Regulatory Excellence Awards attracted more entries than ever, with two new categories covering product safety, and innovation and technical work.
PHE report on e-cigarette use finds that regular vaping remains low among young people, and has plateaued among adults.
The Health Harms campaign encourages smokers to quit, by demonstrating the harms to health that come from every cigarette.
Using selected e-cigarette stores in Essex, training staff to deliver stop smoking support to their customers wishing to quit smoking by using an e-cigarette.
PHE encourages people to join in the mass quit attempt, Stoptober, and get the right stop smoking support for them.
‘From sentencing to incentives – how prisons can better protect the public from the effects of crime’
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
A new Public Health England (PHE) e-cigarette evidence review, undertaken by leading independent tobacco experts, provides an update on PHE’s 2015 review.
Expert report, which coincides with launch of Stoptober, says there has never been a better time to stop smoking.
Joint statement on e-cigarettes by Public Health England and other UK public health organisations.
Expert independent review concludes that e-cigarettes have potential to help smokers quit.
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