Tag Archives: smoking
E-cigarettes could be available on NHS to tackle smoking rates
E-cigarettes could soon be prescribed on the NHS in England to help people stop smoking tobacco products.The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Ag...
Study: Vaping Reduces Smoking
Researchers from New Zealand’s University of Otago and Canada’s University of Waterloo have discovered that alternative nicotine products like e-cigarettes are ...
Vaping is a gateway OUT OF smoking for young people
VAPING is likely to be diverting young people from smoking, rather than being a gateway to the deadly habit, according to new research. There is also scant evid...
Coronavirus and Vaping – What you need to know
The global Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has hit everyone hard. With the country in lockdown, most people are unable to go to work. As a result, local vape sh...
Cost of cigarettes must rise to reflect environmental damage
Sector's carbon footprint is comparable to entire countries, study finds.Annual tobacco production contributes almost 84 million tonnes of carbon dioxide-equi...
Join “Stoptober” next month to quit smoking for good
There are one million fewer smokers in England now than there were in 2014, according to Public Health England. Last year, nearly 400,000 smokers in England qui...
Smoking will be ‘eradicated in England by 2030’
Smoking will be “eradicated” in England by 2030 as roughly a thousand people quit every day, health chiefs have predicted.More than a million smokers have kic...